An Exploration of Richard Powers’Ecological Thoughts in His The Echo Maker

• 作者: CHEN Yi
• 来源期刊: 文学与艺术研究:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Richard Powers The Echo Maker The ecological thoughts
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（9）
• 页码范围: 780-789
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

Richard Powers is one of American famous contemporary writers,a rising star of American postmodernist fiction,and one of the representatives of the Generation Xers as well.He explores the impacts of some factors such as ecological environment,social culture,and family ethics on our modern society by use of his abundant knowledge about gene engineer,neurology,family ethics,etc.From the perspective of Marxism ecological philosophy,this paper deeply analyses The Echo Maker,Richard Powers’masterpiece and interrelates the ecological thoughts implied in this novel.This work criticizes anthropocentrism and expresses the priority of nature.Human being is part of nature which our human being bases on and human being is closely related with nature.Human being should develop ecological consciousness,respect and care nature,and try every means to keep benign interaction with nature in order to build a stable and harmonious global community.