The Influence of the Recent Research Achievements in Biology on Contemporary British Fiction
Journal of National Fisheries University Volume 63 Issue 2
Page 83-95
published_at 2015-02
Title
生物学における近年の研究成果はイギリス小説をどう変えたか :『愛の続き』, 『メンデルの小人』，『考える…』
The Influence of the Recent Research Achievements in Biology on Contemporary British Fiction
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British novel
Ian McEwan
Simon Mawer
David Lodge
genetics
neuroscience
Recent research achievements in molecular biology-specifically in genetics and neuroscience-have done much to blur the boundaries between feeling and reason, mind and body, and normal and abnormal. This dissolution of binary oppositions is giving rise to a new concept of humans, and some British novelists, such as Ian McEwan, Simon Mawer and David Lodge, are responding to this movement. They are trying to obtain a comprehensive understanding of humans which derives not only from philosophical knowledge but also from biological one, thereby establishing a new type of humanism.
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jpn
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departmental bulletin paper
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National Fisheries University
Date Issued
2015-02
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open access
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[ISSN]0370-9361