非自然身体与行动意义的重建与统一——《发条女孩》的物质生态批评主义解读

Reconstruction and Unification of the Unnatural Body and the Meaning of Action—An Interpretation of The Windup Girl through Material Ecocriticism

摘要: 保罗·巴奇加卢皮(Paolo Bacigalupi)，这位1972年出生的美国科幻界杰出作家，以其独特的创作风格和深刻的主题思考，赢得了广泛的赞誉。他的长篇处女作《发条女孩》通过对未来后末世远景的细致描绘，向我们展示了一个深陷生态危机的人类社会。物质生态批评强调对物质世界的关注和尊重，认为物质不仅是被动的存在，还具有自己的能动性和意义。在《发条女孩》中，惠美子的物质能动性体现在她对环境的适应、对人类的反抗以及对自我身份的认同等方面。她的存在不仅挑战了人类有限的观念，也为我们提供了新的视角和思考方式。本文将从物质生态批评的视角出发，探讨小说中惠美子的物质能动性及其意义生成，进而探讨其物质存在与意义之间的重构与统一。

Abstract: Paolo Bacigalupi, an outstanding American science fiction writer born in 1972, has earned widespread acclaim for his distinctive creative style and profound reflections on thematic ideas. His debut novel The Windup Girl presents us with a human society deeply trapped in an ecological crisis through its meticulous depiction of a future post-apocalyptic landscape. Material ecocriticism emphasizes attention to and respect for the material world, arguing that matter is not merely a passive entity but also possesses its own agency and significance. In The Windup Girl, Emiko’s material agency is manifested in her adaptation to the environment, her resistance against humans, and her recognition of self-identity, among other aspects. Her existence not only challenges the notion of human priority but also offers us new perspectives and ways of thinking. From the perspective of material ecocriticism, this paper will explore Emiko’s material agency and the generation of its significance in the novel, and further examine the reconstruction and unification between her material existence and significance.