碩士 / 國立臺東大學 / 兒童文學研究所 / 97 / In the field of Western Fantasy, Ursula K. Le Guin has created The Earthsea Cycle that contains philosophic depth with the style of unique Eastern Taoist thinking. Through the artistic skills and expressive ways of Fantasy, the supernatural marrow of Taoism is projected in the earthsea world. The main point of this paper is focused on the macroscopic vision of “Dao”, scrutinized from three perspectives, language creationism, the spirit of nature and non-interference with nature, and mythological thought. By exploring the vast state of the earthsea, the Taoism in this text is deliberated.
This paper is composed of five chapters. Chapter One covers the motivation, the value of Taoist philosophy, the contour of the writer’s life, etc.. These are based as a map for going forward to the earthsea. Chapter Two takes language as the core thought. Starting from the relation between the creation of the world and language, it elaborates the truth and existence of life that ‘true name’ indicates. Chapter Three takes its narrative basis on the central value of Taoism “nature”. It probes into the essence of magic and the harmonious dialectical thinking showed in the text and analyze the ecological wisdom and the utopian hope appeared within. Chapter Four takes the viewpoint of mythical thought of Taoism. From which, it discusses the symbolic meaning of the role of dragon, deformed metaphor, and the life sight of “Eternal return”. Also, the sex consciousness and the strength of female unfold in the text are elaborated.
Finally, this research affirms the strange imagination of Fantasy and the deep mystery of Taoism. Both of them shine mutually and emit brilliance to each other. Literature and philosophy present a harmonious intermixture in the world of Fantasy. It opens the ideological setup of The Earthsea Cycle as a teenagers’ novel, and molds the new model of Fantasy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/096NTTTC638022 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Li, Sih-Jing, 李思靜 |
| Contributors | 杜明城 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 157 |
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