ABSTRACT

Richard Powers is one of the represent characters of the postmodern writers. The Echo Maker is one of his magnum opus. The protagonists of The Echo Maker are struggling in the demise and reorganization of the self image, and they can’t locate themselves correctly, just like human can’t locate themselves in the natural world correctly. The research does some introductions on the author and book at first, and then the research concentrates on the relationship between human and nature, and the self-cognition of human in the nature. The author introduces the ecological view of nature of The Echo Maker through the Marx’s dialectical view of nature. The aim is to exhibit the importance of the ecological view of nature in the literature, combined with the most serious natural problem, and deliver the right ecological view of nature to the human. It can help us combine the situation of our country, the development status of nature, and the Marx’s dialectical view of nature to achieve the sustainable development.

Key word: The Echo Maker   the ecological view of nature   sustainable development Marx’s dialectical view of nature

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

中文摘要

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION-1

1.1 THE INTRODUCTION OF The Echo Maker-1

1.2 THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH-1

1.3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH-2

1.4 THE STRUCTURE OF THE RESEARCH-3.

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW-4

2.1 STUDIES ON THE VIEW OF ECOLOGICAL THEORY-4

2.2 STUDIES ON The Echo Maker-4

2.2.1. The relationship between human and nature on The Echo Maker-4

2.2.2. The relationship between the ecological ethics and the ecological view of nature-4

2.2.3. The Self-cognition in the Relationship between Human and Nature-5

CHAPTER THREE THE VIEW OF ECOLOGICAL NATURE IN THE ECHO MAKER IN THE MARXISM-7

3.1 THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE HUMAN AND THE NATURE-7

3.1.1. The Universality of Contradiction between Human and Nature-7

3.1.2. The Particularity of Contradiction between Human and Nature-8

3.2 THE FUSION OF THE HUMAN AND THE NATURE-9

3.3 SUMMARY-11

CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION-12

4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY-12

4.2 OUTLOOK OF THE STUDY-12

BIBLIOGRAPHY-14