Acknowledgments I am grateful to all those who have helped me in the completion of the thesis.
My profound gratitude goes firstly to Prof. He Maolin, my supervisor, who has given me constant guidance during the process of this thesis. Her generously sharing of inspirational and provocative ideas has always been a valuable source of my paper. Thank you for giving me so many advices and revising my paper. Moreover, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the authors mentioned in the dissertation for their excellent work.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the respectable teachers of Shanghai Institute of Technology, from whom I have benefited a lot in the field of English studies. 4474
Abstract
Herman Melville is not only one of the greatest romanticists in American literary history but also an influential writer in world literature. Moby Dick, Herman Melville's masterpiece, is now considered to be one of the world's greatest works although the initial critical responses to this novel were generally negative. Moby Dick reveals Melville's profound insight into the relationship between human beings and nature and his preoccupation with human fate in the universe. In Moby Dick, Melville has woven the Pequod crew of different races and beliefs together. By analyzing the connection and contrast of their actions and fates in front of nature, this thesis is to summarize the proper way that human beings and nature interact.

This thesis aims to make a research for the relationship between human and nature in novel Moby Dick. With the development of society, the relationship between human and nature is still a hot topic. The natural philosophy of the novel is exactly what we need now. Why does the writer create this work? What opinion does he want to express? What can his opinion bring to modern society? The thesis is to find these answers and help us understand the relationship between human and nature better. And I write this thesis from four aspects. The first part is about the main information of the novel including the description of the main characters . And the second is about natural consciousness of main characters, which makes an analysis of main characters’ attitude to the nature. In the third part, the author focuses on the symbolism of relationship between man and nature in Moby Dick. And in the last part, the point is to reveal modern value of the relationship between man and nature in Moby Dick.
Key words: human, nature, relationship, modern value
 摘要
赫尔曼麦尔文尔不仅是美国文学史上伟大的浪漫主义作家之一，也是世界文学史上影响力巨大的作家。尽管他的的作品《白鲸》在外界有着很多不同的看法，但不可否认是这部作品是世界文坛一部不可多得的好作品。这部作品揭示了赫尔曼麦尔文尔超前的生态意识，这在当时的社会环境下是卓越的，他对未来生态的预测是大胆准确的，在现在看来仍旧对我们有着极大的价值。他通过对裴庞德号这段捕鲸旅程的描写，向人们展现了自然的美丽与不可侵犯，揭示了人与自然的应和谐相处的主题。4474
本文旨在对《白鲸》中人与自然关系的研究。时代何种变迁，人与自然的关系始终离不开大家的视线，而白鲸期中包含的自然哲学正是现如今人类进步所需的。作者写这部作品的真实意图是什么？想要表达怎么的观点？他的观点能给现代社会带来什么价值？本文正是为了找出这些答案，更好的认知人与自然的关系。本文从四个方面着手，第一部分是对小说信息的概况包括主要角色的分析。第二部分是对小说主要角色生态意识的分析，揭示他们对自然的态度。第三部分是对小说中隐含的人与自然象征意义的剖析。最后的部分是揭示白鲸这部小说的生态启示对现在社会的价值的体现。

关键词：人类，自然，关系，价值   《白鲸》英语论文人与自然的关系+开题报告:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_1159.html