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1、山东科技大学学生毕业论文IntroductionTherelationshipbetweenhumanandnaturehasbeingafrequentlydiscussedtopicforcentries.ThereareagreatdealofliteraryworksthatarefocusedonthistopicamongwhichHermanMelville’sMobyDickandErnestHemingway’sTheOldManandtheSeaaretwogreatexample
2、s.MobyDicktellsastorythatCaptainAhab,withhiscrew,chasesawhitewhale,andfinallykillsitwiththecostofthedeathofeveryoneonboardexceptIshmaelwhotellsusthestory.ItisavoyageofvengeanceforCaptainAhab,oneofwhoselegswasshearedoffbyMobyDickthewhitewhaleinapreviousf
3、ight.TheOldManandtheSeaisaboutanoldCubanfishermanSantiagoandhisbattlewithagreatmarlin.For84daysSantiagodoesnotcatchasinglefishbuthedoesnotfeeldiscouraged.Hegoesfaroutintotheseaandhooksagiantmarlin.AdesperatestruggleensuesinwhichSantiagomanagestokillthef
4、ishandtieittohisboat,onlytofindthatonthewayhomehehastofightamoredesperatestrugglewithsomedangerousgiantsharks,whicheatupthemarlin,leavingonlyaskeleton.Theoldmanbringsithomeandgoestobedtodream,almostdeadwithexhaustion.Eco-criticism,anewbranchofliterarycr
5、iticism,madeitsappearanceinthe1990sinthewesternworld.CheryllGlotfeltygaveadefinitionofEco-criticismintheprefacetohisTheEco-criticismReader----“It’sthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenliteratureandenvironment.”(Glotfelty,C.&Fromm,H.1966:xviii)GlenLoveholdsth
6、at“Themostimportantrolethatliteratureplaystodayisleadingpeopletoathoroughunderstandingoftheimportanceofthenatureinaworldfullofdisasters”.Inotherwords,literatureshoulddepicttherelationshipbetweenhumanandnatureandappealtoa18山东科技大学学生毕业论文harmoniousco-exista
7、ncebetweenthem.MobyDickandTheOldManandtheSeaarebothliteraryworksthatreflecttherelationshipbetweenhumanandnature.Thispaper,fromanecologicalperspective,takingAhabandSantiagoastheobjectofanalysisandbythemeansofcontrastandcomparison,identifiestheirdifferent
8、characteristicsanddifferentworldoutlooks.Furthermore,itanalysesthereasonofthedifferentfatesofAhabandSantiago,andtriestofindouttheanswertohowhumanbeingscanliveharmoniouslywithnature.18山东科技大学学生毕业论文Chapter1TheRelationshipbetweenHuma