Abstract Yann Martel is recognized as a great storyteller in Canada. Since the publication of Life of Pi, it has won a series of prizes and earned a high praise. The thesis, based on the theory of ecocriticism, especially Deep Ecology, aims to explore the ecological consciousness embodied in Life of Pi. Through analyzing imbalanced relationship between man and nature, man's alienation from others and man's alienation from self, the thesis intends to explore the conflicts and imbalanced relationships in man-and-nature, man-and-man and man’s inner alienation. The relationships in the human world reveal the writer’s ecological awareness. In this way, the thesis provides us a way to achieve harmony between man and nature.66090

Key words: Yann Martel; Life of Pi; ecocriticism ; nature ; human beings

摘要 扬·马特尔是加拿大著名作家,《少年派的奇幻漂流》自问世以来，荣获一系列奖项，受到了高度的称赞。本文运用生态批评,特别是以深层生态学为理论基础来解析《少年派的奇幻漂流》中所蕴含的生态思想。本论文就小说中人与自然,人与社会,和人与自我三个方面分别分析了人与自然不和谐,人异化于社会和人异化于自我的行为和现象,探索三个方面中出现的冲突和失衡的关系。论文从人类世界关系中揭示了作者的生态意识，并以此给我们提供了一种人与自然和谐相处的方式。 

毕业论文关键词：扬·马特尔；《少年派的奇幻漂流》；生态批评；自然；人类

Contents

1.Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. Relationship between Human Beings and Nature 3

3.1 Imbalanced Coexistence of Human Beings and Nature 3

3.2 The Harmonious Coexistence of Human Beings and Nature 5

4. Alienation from Others 6

4.1 Interpersonal Hostility between Human Beings 6

4.2 Human Beings’ Tragedy 7

5. Alienation from Self 8

5.1 Pi’s Belief Crisis 8

5.2 The Integration of Pi’s Belief 9

6. Conclusion 10

Works Cited 12

1.Introduction 

Yann Martel is a Canadian writer. He was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1963. His parents are French-Canadians. His father is a diplomat. When he was young, Yann Martel often traveled with his parents. He likes traveling; he thinks that traveling can see the same play on a whole lot of different stages. His first published novel "Seven Stories" in 1993. He published Life of Pi in 2001. He has received the 2002 Booker Prize. It was adapted to the screen by Ang Lee in 2012 and achieved a big success. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2002Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. He was also the first Canadian to represent the Washington Arts Commission. He has written many works, including Seven Stories (1993),The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993), Self (1996), Life of Pi（2001），Teaching Yann Martel's Life of Pi from Multiple Critical Perspectives (2007)，Beatrice and Virgil (2010)，Short story The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company in The Secret History of Fantasy, edited by Peter S. Beagle (2010), etc.

Life of Pi is a adventure novel written by Yann Martel. But it is directed into a film by Ang Lee in 2012. With the film’s box office hit all of the world, this novel is known to everyone. Life of Pi is published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor ″Pi″ Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.文献综述