ABSTRACT

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road depicts the journey of an unnamed man and his young son across a devastated American wasteland in a post-apocalyptic world. The spaceship, Mars, other planets and aliens are referred to in this novel. Moreover, it also explicitly refers to the residues of modernisation the father and son come upon on their journey to the south. However, the significance and implications of these references have not been given due attention by extant criticism. Accordingly, this paper argues that the references have many significant implications for us to understand this novel’s denial of the plausibility of fantasies of extraterrestrial colonisation, critique of techno-futurism and anthropocentrism, and call for responsible earth stewardship.

摘要

科马克·麦卡锡 (Cormac McCarthy) 的《The Road》描绘了一个无名男子和他年幼的儿子在后世界末日世界中穿越被毁坏的美国荒地的旅程。这部小说中提到了宇宙飞船、火星、其他行星和外星人。而且，它也明确地指代父子在南征途中所遇到的现代化的残余。然而，这些参考文献的意义和含义并未受到现有批评的应有重视。因此，本文认为这些参考文献对我们理解这部小说否认外星殖民幻想的合理性、批判技术未来主义和人类中心主义以及呼吁负责任的地球管理有许多重要意义。