简介:恐怖主义,尤其是9·11事件给各国民众带来了恐惧和创伤,导致了人与人之间的相互猜忌,进而引发了关于恐怖主义的思考。当代美国印第安作家谢尔曼·阿莱克西在其短篇小说《我能找证人吗?》、《飞逸范式》及长篇小说《飞逸》中先借用了主流媒体的刻板思维,继而以族裔视角,对恐怖主义进行了"语境化"、"亲历性"处理,使作品中的人物对恐怖主义本身以及与之相关的关爱、友谊、信任、背叛等进行了深度思考,使他们获得人生的顿悟,意识到恐惧和制造恐怖事件都是不可取的行为,仇恨和狭隘的民族主义不能解决民族矛盾,只有爱心和宽容才是正道,从而使人物趋向理解、和谐与融合的成长方向,实现了心智的成长。
简介:InStacyAlaimo'slatestfull-lengthstudy,Exposed:EnvironmentalPoliticsandPleasuresinPosthumanTimes,Alaimocontinuesherinterestsinecofeminismandmaterialecocriticismandexpandsthattoincludeposthumanism.TheauthorofanearlyimportantecofeministstudyentitledUndomesticatedGrounds(2000)(inwhichshereappraisedtheideologicaltiesbetweenwomenandtheso-callednaturalworldthatwerebeingdenigratedbyotherpoststructuralistthinkers),Alaimocatapultedtobecomeamajorforceinecocriticismandtheenvironmentalhumanitiesatlargewithhertermtranscorporeality.Nowakeywordinecocriticism,trans-corporealityfirstgainedwidespreadattentioninAlaimoandSusanHekman'seditedanthology,MaterialFeminisms(2008)andAlaimo'smonographBodilyNatures(2010).