科技与生态的冲突——《羚羊与秧鸡》的伦理解读-the conflict between science and ecology - an ethical interpretation of antelope and yangko.docxVIP

AbstractMargaretAtwoodisoneofthemostfamouswomenwritersinthecontemporaryCanadaandoneofthemostinfluentialwritersintheworldliterature.Sincethebeginningofherwritingcareer,Atwoodhaspublishedmorethanfiftyworks,includingpoetry,novels,proses,essays,etc..Assuchaproductivewriter,sheiscrownedas“QueenofCanadianLiterature”.In2003,Atwoodpublishedanotherdystopiannovel—OryxandCrake.Itspublicationattractedconsiderableattentionofthescholarsandcriticsabroadandathome,andvariousreviewsonitfollowed.Themainresearchesfocusonthreeaspects:eco-criticism,feminism,andpost-modernnarratives.Somescholarsseeitasasciencefictionbecauseoftheextremelyhighdevelopmentofgeneticengineeringdescribedinthenovel.Butinthisthesis,theauthorwillanalyzeOryxandCrakefromtheethicalperspectiveinthecontextofthehighdevelopmentofscienceandtechnologytoexploretheconflictbetweensci-techandethics,bydescribingthedeteriorationoftheethicalrelationshipbetweenmanandnatureaswellasthealienationoftheethicalrelationshipbetweenmanandman.Thisthesisconsistsoffiveparts:introduction,threechaptersandconclusion.Inthepartofintroduction,firstly,itmakesabriefintroductiontoMargaretAtwoodandOryxandCrake.Secondly,itsummerizesthepreviousrelatedresearchesonMargaretAtwoodandOryxandCrake,andpointsouttheirdeficiency.Lastly,itexpoundstheresearchmethodandsignificanceofthisthesis.ChapterOneanalyzesOryxandCrakefromtheperspectiveofsci-techethics.Itmainlyputsemphasisontheethicalproblemscausedbythemisuseandabuseoftheadvancedgeneticengineeringandbiologicaltechnologydepictedinthenovel,suchaslifeethics,medicalethics,andenvironmentalethics.ChapterTwointerpretsOryxandCrakefromtheviewofeco-ethics.ThoseambitiousscientistsinthenovelabusegeneticengineeringtoarbitrarilymodifyandredesignnaturalplantsandanimalsbyplayingGodandover-interferingwithNature.ConflictBetweenTechnologyandEcology-AnEthicalReadingofOryxandCrakeBesides,thispartalsodescribestheembodimentofAtwood’seco-ethicsinthenovel,whichdirectshumanbeingsfromanthropocentricenvironmentalethicstoeco-centricethics.Cha