Jack London’s Contradictory Thoughts and Fatalism in The Call of The Wild  

作　　者：李妍 LI Yan

机构地区：[1]Beijing Normal University

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第9期184-185,共2页Overseas English

摘　　要：The Call of the Wild is one of the representative works of American famous writer Jack London. This novel is full of the author’s naturalistic literary viewpoint. Different from traditional studies, this thesis is not a simple theoretical analysis of genetic determinism and environmental determinism in the novel’s plots. It attempts to combine the historical background and the author’s life experience to analyze how the author is deeply influenced by naturalism and pays close attention to Jack London’s contradictory philosophy of life and Fatalism. In order to make readers have a better and comprehensive understanding of the naturalistic views contained in the work.The Call of the Wild is one of the representative works of American famous writer Jack London. This novel is full of the au-thor’s naturalistic literary viewpoint. Different from traditional studies, this thesis is not a simple theoretical analysis of genetic de-terminism and environmental determinism in the novel’s plots. It attempts to combine the historical background and the author’slife experience to analyze how the author is deeply influenced by naturalism and pays close attention to Jack London’s contradicto-ry philosophy of life and Fatalism. In order to make readers have a better and comprehensive understanding of the naturalisticviews contained in the work.

关 键 词：Jack LONDON NATURALISM Social DARWINISM SUPERMAN Philosophy FATALISM 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]