A Study on the Human-Ocean Relationship in Moby Dick from the Perspective of Ecologism Abstract Herman Melville was one of the greatest writers in American literature in the 19th century, and was also acclaimed as the American Shakespeare。 Moby Dick, published in 1851, is his magnum opus。 It is a novel of marine theme, reflecting the unbalanced relationship between humans and the ocean。 Building on the previous critics’ researches, this thesis has discussed the human-ocean relationship in the story from the perspective of ecologism。78328

This thesis analyzes the human-ocean relationship at two levels。 Firstly, it analyzes the conflicting relationship between humans and the ocean, including humans’ plunder to the ocean, the punishment of nature on humans and the departure of ecologism from Ahab。 Then, it also probes into the harmonious human-ocean relationship, which includes nature’s gift to humans and reflection of ecological thoughts from Ishmael’s attitude toward the ocean。

By exploring the two relationships, it  is  hoped  that  readers  can further comprehend the crucial value of the novel。 Meanwhile, they can also understand the importance of marine protection, and define the obligation to nature。

Keywords: Moby Dick; ecologism; ocean; humans

从生态zhuyi视角解析《白鲸》中人与海洋的关系

摘要赫尔曼·梅尔维尔是 19 世纪美国文学史上最伟大的作家之一，也被赞誉为

“美国的莎士比亚”。出版于 1851 年的《白鲸》是他的代表作，为一部海洋题 材小说，反映了人与海洋之间的失衡关系。在基于前人的研究基础上，本论文从 生态zhuyi角度出发，对小说中描写的人与海洋之间的关系进行了探讨。

本文分两个层面解析了人与海洋的关系。首先探究了人与海洋之间的矛盾关 系，包括人类对海洋的掠夺，海洋对人类的惩罚以及作品中关键人物亚哈船长对 生态zhuyi精神的违背。其次解析了人与海洋的和谐关系，包括海洋对人的馈赠和 救赎，以及从水手以实玛利的态度中体现的生态zhuyi思想。

通过分析这两种关系，本文希望能帮助读者更深入地领会这部作品的重要价 值，了解到海洋保护的重要性，明确自身对自然需要承担的义务。

毕业论文关键词：《白鲸》；生态zhuyi；海洋；人类

A Study on the Human-Ocean Relationship in Moby Dick from the Perspective of Ecologism

Contents

Abstract in English I

Abstract in Chinese II

І。 Introduction 1

II。A Brief Introduction  to Ecologism 3

2。1The Development of Ecologism 3

2。2The Ecological Thoughts of Melville 4

III。The Analysis of Contradictory Human-Ocean Relationship in

Moby Dick 7

3。1The Pillage of Humans to the Ocean 7

3。2The Punishment of Nature on Humans 9

3。3Violation of Ecologism from Ahab’s Attitude Toward the Ocean 11

IV。The Analysis of Harmonious Human-Ocean Relationship in Moby Dick 14

4。1The Gift and Salvation of Nature to Humans 14

4。2Embodiment of Ecologism from Ishmael’s Attitude Toward the Ocean 15

V。Conclusion 18

Bibliography 20