声明
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Introduction
Chapter One Thoreau and Walden
1.1 Thoreau as a“Green Saint”——Thoreau and his ecological ideas
1.1.1 Thoreau’s life in Concord,Massachusetts
1.1.2 Thoreau’s involvement in American Transcendentalism
1.2 Thoreau’s ecological masterpiece Walden and previous studies of Walden
1.2.1 Research situations in the West
1.2.2 Research Situation in China
1.3 Research focus of the thesis
Chapter Two The ecological connotations of Walden and its enlightenment to eco-criticism
2.1 The ecological connotations of Walden
2.2 Preservation of nature
2.2.1 The intrinsic values of nature
2.2.2 Respect for wilderness
2.3 Man’s spiritual ecology
2.3.1 A call for simple life and criticism of earthly desires
2.3.2 Values of solitude
2.4 Walden’s enlightenment to eco-criticism
2.4.1 What is eco-criticism?
2.4.2 Walden’s enlightenment to eco-criticism
Chapter Three Two practical significance of Walden
3.1 Man’s awakening to ecological consciousness
3.2 Man’s spiritual sublimation
Conclusion
Bibliography
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