Comparative Study on the Attitudes towards Nature in the Chinese Novel of Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong and the American Novel of The Call of the Wild by Jack London
目录
Introduction 5
1. A brief introduction to Wolf Totem 5
2. A brief introduction to The Call of the Wild 5
I. Literature Review 6
II Similar Attitude towards Nature in the two novels 8
2.1 A strong awareness of Nature 8
2.2 Deserted Environmental Background 11
2.3 Fierce Love for Animals 13
III Different Ecological Attitudes of the two novels 16
3.1 Ecological attitude in Wolf Totem 16
3.2 Ecological attitude in the Call of Wild 20
3.3 A Comparison between the two ecological attitudes 22
IV Conclusion 27
Reference 28
Acknowledge 30
Abstract
Jack London’s The Call of the Wild gauged his audience in the naturalism. On the other hand, The novel Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong also offers, among other things, a clearly-illustrated lesson on how ecosystems work, how nature consists of an intricate system of checks and balances, and how if any single element is removed, the entire system threatens to collapse. The two novels are closely related to the nature. Therefore, to research the two novels in terms of their attitudes’ towards the nature is meaningful.
In this paper, it will first review the two novels and their authors’ experience, and then explore the similarities between the two novels, next list their different attitudes towards the nature. Finally, it will make a conclusion that they have different ideas about the nature because of their different living condition and context.
Key words: Nature, Differences, Similarities, Ecosystem
