Journal of Beijing International Studies University ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 56-.

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Reverence for Animals’ Life: Animal Care Complex in Oates’s Novels

Yang Jianmei   

  1. Henan University of Finance,Economics and Law,Zhengzhou 450011,China
  • Received:2013-11-12 Online:2018-03-20 Published:2014-02-28

尊重动物生命:欧茨小说中的动物关怀情结

杨建玫   

  1. 河南财经政法大学外国文学研究所 河南郑州 450011
  • 作者简介:杨建玫(1970~ ),女,河南安阳市人,文学博士,河南财经政法大学教授,外国文学研究所所长,研究方向:英美文学。
  • 基金资助:
    本文为2013年度河南省教育厅人文社科研究项目“美国作家欧茨的生态思想研究”的成果(项目编号:2013-GH-408)。

Abstract: As a realistic writer,Joyce Carol Oates has disclosed the ecological problems in the American society in the 20th century.This essay has studied her four representative novels to explore her thought of animal care by adopting the theories of animal conservation from the perspective of ecological ethics.The images of animal protectionists resisting hunting and saving animals have displayed her thought of caring about animals’ life.She has expressed her thought of endowing animals’ right of existence,her care of animals’ lives and her ethical care of reverence for animals.Her nonanthropocentric position has exhibited her transcendence of the barriers to nonanthropocentrism.This can edify contemporary people’s thought of animal conservation.

Keywords: Oates; reverence; animals; care; life

摘要: 作为一位现实主义作家,美国作家乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨在小说中揭露了20世纪美国社会的生态问题。本文从生态伦理学的视角,运用动物保护理论,研究欧茨的4部代表性小说,探讨她的动物关怀思想。通过塑造抵制狩猎和拯救动物的动物保护者形象,欧茨既表达了人们应当赋予动物生存权、关怀动物生命的思想,也表现了她敬畏动物生命的伦理关怀。她鲜明的非人类中心主义立场显示出她对于人类中心主义樊篱的超越,对当代人的动物保护思想有一定启示。

关键词: 欧茨, 敬畏, 动物, 关怀, 生命