- 學位論文
人類世的塑料及電子廢棄物汚染：以《複眼人》及《荒潮》為例
Plastic and E-Waste in the Anthropocene: The Man with The Compound Eyes and Waste Tide
摘要
本文探討吳明益的《複眼人》以及陳楸帆的《荒潮》這兩本氣候小說。 論文內容以小說故事內的科技進步對環境如何造成負面的影響， 還有以何種方式提醒人們注意政府對科技發展的重視程度遠勝於維護環境的策略。 當前環境保育和科技進步之間有著巨大的鴻溝，這個分歧與為何現在這個時代被稱為人類世有關。 這些論述包括行星限度或是將來為了確保地球系統的正常運作，人類在某些程度上的自我限制。 例如將來人類可能會同意規劃出禁止農用以及工業用的地區， 或是藉由選舉及其他方式選出能提供有效的獎勵制度來提倡保育環境的領導人。 這些可能成真的事情將會是這次努力得到的回報，而藝術和科學皆貢獻於其中。 吳明益以及陳楸帆的小說便是代表著藝術和寫作兩個領域， 這兩部小說為提升大眾對人類世的瞭解做出了貢獻， 其各自主要關注的核心議題便是塑膠垃圾和電子垃圾。
並列摘要
This thesis is about the representation of the negative environmental impacts of advances in science and technology in two climate-fiction (cli-fi) novels: The Man with The Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-yi and Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan. I discuss how these novels portray two kinds of negative environmental impacts of science and technology as well as how the novels draw attention to the high value that governments place on scientific and technological development and the low value that they place on the environment. At present, there is a great divide between environmental protection and scientific and technological progress. This divide relates to why the current age is being called the Anthropocene. Such an overview will include such concepts as planetary boundaries, or the limits that humans might agree on to ensure a functional Earth system. For example, humans in the future might agree to setting aside larger areas of the planet for non-agricultural and non-industrial use, and humans in the future might be more willing to support and elect government leaders who are more successful in providing effective incentives for caring for these areas. Such agreement will have been the result of work being done today. It includes undertakings by artists as well as by scientists. Wu Mingyi and Chen Qiufan’s novels represent the work of two artists—writers—who are contributing to raising awareness about the Anthropocene, and the novels focus on two major manifestations of it: plastic waste and e-waste.