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1、邯郸学院本科毕业论文题 目 从生态主义角度分析 去吧，摩西学 生 于越学 号 014103081015指导教师 简海红 副教授年 级 2008级本科专 业 英语二级学院 外国语学院 邯郸学院外国语学院2012年5月B.A. Thesis An Analysis of Go Down, Moses From Ecologism ByYu Yue Supervisor: Associate Professor Jian Haihong A Thesis Submitted to School of Foreign LanguagesOf Handan College in Partial Fulf
2、illmentOf the Requirement for the DegreeOf Bachelor of ArtsHandan, ChinaMay, 2012郑重声明 本人的毕业论文（设计）是在指导教师简海红的指导下独立撰写完成的。如有剽窃、抄袭、造假等违反学术道德、学术规范和侵权的行为，本人愿意承担由此产生的各种后果，直至法律责任，并愿意通过网络接受公众的监督。特此郑重声明。毕业论文（设计）作者（签名）： 年 月 日 AcknowledgementsDuring the writing of this thesis, I can not deny that I have gained q
3、uite a lot of instructions as well as assistance from my generous and kind-hearted teachers and buddies in the first place. To me their invaluable suggestions and heartfelt criticism are very precious and unforgettable, and I believe my thesis would have been supposed to be impossible without their
4、sincere contributions. Therefore I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those individuals who assisted me to accomplish this paper. First of all, the accomplishment of this paper benefits from the enlightenment of my supervisor, Lecturer Jian Haihong, whose inspiring insights, generou
5、s encouragements and enthusiastic instructions have facilitated me much throughout my thesis writing. Her penetrating and insightful comments afford me with inspiring source. She has been in constant concern about my paper, spared no pains to entertain my thesis draft. I want to show my gratitude to
6、 our Dean, Professor Wei, who teaches me the format of the thesis. I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to all the three professors in the rejoin group whose careful examines and instructive suggestions really help me a lot in the process of composing. Besides, thanks for Foreign Language D
7、epartment of Handan College as well as all my teachers. Thanks to their instructive guidance and comprehensive education during the four years schooling, I can acquire the opportunity to further study English. And I want to thank my parents. It is them who brought me up and give me financial support
8、 through my college life. Finally, my great gratitude also goes to all my friends, including my roommates, who encouraged me in the process of writing this thesis and who has always been there for me every step of my way. AbstractGo Down, Moses is William Faulkners masterpiece which describes the fa
9、mily history of McCaslin. The hunting and growing experience of Isaac McCaslin plays a key role in this novel. With the comprehensive description of the wilderness and nature, this novel is considered as a masterpiece of ecologism in the twentieth century.This thesis mainly focuses on the relationsh
10、ip between human and nature from ecologism. It emphasizes three aspects the relationship between human and animals, the relationship between human and land, as well as the relationship between human and wilderness. Chapter One describes humans killing of animal, which show that humans pursuit is dif
11、ferent from old times. Chapter Two explores that the possession of land leads to the lost of humans nature. Chapter Three makes an ecological thinking of civilization and wilderness and it reveals the relationship between human and nature.The analysis of Go Down, Moses from ecologism makes a great c
12、ontribution to understanding the writers purpose for readers. Through analyzing the relationship between human and animal, land as well as wilderness, humans may understand that they should respect nature, protect nature and assume the responsibility as inhabitants in the world. Key words: Ecologism
13、 human nature wildernessi摘 要去吧，摩西是威廉福克纳的代表作，主要讲述了麦卡斯林家族的故事，其中艾萨克麦卡斯林的成长经过在小说中起了主线作用。小说对荒野和自然的全面描述使之成为一部二十世纪生态主义的著作。本文主要从生态主义角度思考人与自然的关系。全文从人与动物的关系、人与土地的关系及现代化文明与荒野的关系三方面进行分析。第一章通过描述人类对动物的掠杀，说明人们的追求已随社会的发展而改变。第二章通过探索人类对土地的占有，揭示了土地占有导致人类自然本性的丧失这一现象。第三章从生态主义角度分析人类文明与荒野的关系，对自然与现代化的关系进行生态主义思考并揭示人与自然之间的正确
14、关系。从生态主义角度分析去吧，摩西，读者能够更深刻的理解文意。通过分析人与动物、土地及荒野的关系，人类应懂得尊重自然，保护自然，并承担起对自然和社会的责任。关键词：生态主义；人类；自然；荒野14ContentsAcknowledgements.iAbstract.iiAbstract (Chinese).iiiIntroduction.1Chapter One Human and Animal.41.1 Human: Symbol of Civilization .41.2 Animal: Symbol of Nature.51.3 The Relationship Between Human
15、 and Animal.6Chapter Two Human and Land. .72.1 Humans Possession of Land .72.2 Consequences of the Possession of Land.72.3 Criticism of the Possession of Land.8Chapter Three Human and Nature.93.1 Intrinsic Value of Wilderness.103.2 Humans Destruction to Wilderness.103.3 Ecological Thinking of Wilder
16、ness and Civilization.11Conclusion.12Notes.14Bibliography.15IntroductionOf all William Faulkners major works, Go Down, Moses is one of the most remarkable novels. Scholars and critics have had an ever-lasting interest in Go Down, Moses since its publication. The rich thoughts of the novel have been
17、researched by critics from many aspects. Go Down, Moses, a great novel of ecologism in the twentieth century, gives a comprehensive description on the wilderness and nature that make deep impressions on readers. First of all, a large number of critics pay more attention to the unity of the novel. Be
18、cause Go Down, Moses is based on seven short stories, early critics regard it as a collection of short stories. However, Olga W. Vickerys The Novels of William Faulkner published in 1975 holds that all the stories in Go Down, Moses have certain unifying features which give the book a loosely constru
19、cted novel. Structurally the framework of each individual story is a ritual hunt. She adds that: In addition to this recurrent hunt motif, the stories are further related through their connection with the plantation. For even when the characters travel, their excursions either carry the sense of pla
20、ntation life with them or produce certain repercussions within it. So Go Down, Moses is not a collection of short stories.Besides, Go Down, Moses is often cited as one of the most significant American novels that deal with wilderness and environmental themes. Annette Kolodnys The Lay of the Land pub
21、lished in 1975 states that the portrait of Isaac McCaslin and his attitude to the land should be read as a comment on the course of an entire nations pastoral impulse. He suggests that the land is neither possessed nor preyed up. He thinks the relationship between human and land should base on recip
22、rocity and communality.Southern Renaissance: The Cultural Awakening of the American South by Richard King published in 1980 states that: Go Down，Moses culminates Faulkners exploration of historical consciousness which began with the Flag in the Dust. With “The Bear” at its center, Go Down，Moses repr
23、esents a near Perfect fusion of styles, evocation of time and place, and attention to moral context，framed by the complexities of the history and the rhythms of nature. All of Faulkners prior fiction points toward this artistic and moral consummation. Leonard Lutwacks The Role of Place in Literature
24、 published in 1984 describes the work as “most eloquent statement on behalf of the wilderness.” In Go Down, Moses, the natural environment plays a crucial role in the development of the central character. The wilderness has both educational and spiritual significance for Isaac McCaslin. He witnesses
25、 his own birth when he first enters the wilderness.Imagining the Earth: Poetry and the Vision of Nature by John Elder published in 1985 announces Go Down, Moses one of the most profoundly descriptions of the shifting balance between man and nature in American history. With the development of the civ
26、ilization, the wilderness is going to its doom. As Linda Wagner-Martin points out in New Essays on Go Down, Moses published in 1996, criticism of the past fifteen years has begun to read the novel as something other than a collection of stories. When readers read the seven stories in Go Down, Moses
27、as one story, they can understand the novel deeper than read it as a collection of short stories. “Go Down, Moses and the Discourse of Environmentalism” by Judith Bryant Wittenderg in New Essays on Go Down, Moses published in 2007 indicates that wilderness is valuable not only in and of itself but a
28、lso for the sort of enriching experiences it offers to responsive human. The wilderness has a great influence on the central character, Isaac McCaslin. It is his college, the place where he enters his novitiate as if witnessing his own birth. The moment in which Isaac discards the items which are th
29、e last vestiges and taints of civilization and relinquishes to the wilderness is the one in which he fully discovers the profundity of his connection to his natural surroundings. In China, many critics have paid attention to the rich thoughts of Go Down, Moses. Pan Xiaosongs Faulkner: Southern Ameri
30、can Literary Master published in 1995 describes the influences of racism. The lose of humanity and the moral decline not only cause social chaos but also distort their childrens character and ruin their lives.Isaac McCaslins convoluted defense of southern racism is anticipative. Xiao Minghan points
31、out that racism lead to moral degradation in Research on William Faulkner published in 1997. Go Down, Moses tells the story of moral degradation which poisons southern civilization at the root. The tragedy of the McCaslins is based on the moral wrongan incestuous relationship and injustice to a diff
32、erent race. Isaac McCaslin, the grandson of Carothers McCaslin, who decides to end the terrible racial legacy in the hope of replacing it with a better order. He repudiates his familys heritage of guilt, refuses to assume the responsibility of the plantation, and goes back to his sources- the forest
33、, the earth, for virtues of love, honor, and reason with which to expiate the sins of his ancestors.Wang Nuos Ecological Literature of European and American published in 2003 says that people will benefit from conquering nature. However, people will also suffer from the result of going against the n
34、atural law and lose the harmonious relationship between human and nature. He calls on everyone to see himself as a part of the community and assume the responsibility as a citizen.As Tao Jie demonstrates in American Literature and American Culture published in 2004, William Faulkner is an antiracial
35、ist hating slavery and racialism, showing sympathy and concern for blacks. In “was”the first part of Go Down, Moses, there are two plays, one is uncle Buck ran after Tommys Turl like hunting a beast, the other is uncle Buddy beat Xubert in the poker play wining the bootyTommys Turls girl friendTenny
36、. The two plays expose southern slavery and racial discrimination. Although this is a comic story, it is not a parody. The embarrassment and enslavement Tommys Thurl suffered reflect slaves misery life and injustice of slavery.Go Down, Moses is impressive because of its rich thoughts of racial, clas
37、s, and its consideration of the interrelationship of the human problems. This novel gives a comprehensive description on the wilderness and nature that make deep impressions on readers. The ecological thought is so essential in this novel, but there are not deeper series of analysis and discussions
38、on the ecological analysis. There should be a further study on the relationship between human and nature from ecologism in the novel.This thesis mainly explores the relationship between human and animal, human and land, human and wilderness. Chapter One describes humans killing of animal, which show
39、 that humans pursuit is different from old times. Chapter Two explores that the possession of land leads to the lost of humans nature. Chapter Three makes an ecological thinking of civilization and wilderness and it reveals the relationship between human and nature.Through the research on the novel,
40、 it can be concluded that humans and animals are equal. Human should respect nature and protect nature. Everyone should see himself as a part of the community and take the responsibility as a human. Chapter One Human and AnimalAs treasures of nature, animals have lived with human beings in a cordial
41、 and harmonious atmosphere. However, with the development of the society the relationship between human and animals have changed. Humans kill animals and think that they are the controllers of nature. Hunting is the significant motif in Go Down, Moses. Before the arrival of the white man, the aim of
42、 hunting is not to kill but to move closer to nature. The hunting of people from Jefferson is just like a ceremony to the woods. But now the pure sense of hunting has gone and hunting becomes an ambiguous act with violence and cruelty. People kill Old Ben, a bear who is the representative of the nat
43、ure, and the death of Old Ben symbolizes the destruction of the wilderness. 1.1 Human: Symbol of Civilization Civilization is the sum total of all progress made by man in every sphere of action and it also helps human make progress in spiritual aspect. The development of technology makes human being
44、s think that they are the controllers of the world and they can conquer nature with the civilization. So human is the symbol of civilization.During the nineteenth century, hunters are the “American Natives” who live close to nature and absorb its virtues. Hunters learn how to act honorably and fairl
45、y. The law of forest is that hunter can kill as much as is necessary for his subsistence. The law is unwritten but everyone must obey it. The pattern of existence in the nature is simple and clear, but humans society is complex. In order to meet their need, human beings cut down trees without restraint. The hunters from Jefferson have lost their pure nature, such as honor, dignity and courage. Human pay more attention to money and power to satisfy their desires. The development of science makes people