토머스 핀천 소설의 생태학적 고찰: 브이와 중력의 무게를 중심으로

Abstract

Choo, Jae-uk. “An Ecological Study of Thomas Pynchon’s Novels: V. and Gravity’s Rainbow.” Studies on English Language & Literature. 33.4(2007): 149-162. It is generally thought that ecology is a study of nature and environment. However, the meaning of the word is more comprehensive. Ecology is the science of the relationship between organisms and their environment. Organisms include all the elements of the universe such as rocks, air, mountains, water, cloud, animals, plants, planets, and even humans. It is when they are in a state of pure immanence that their ecological relationship is the most stable and sound. According to Gilles Deleuze, the pure immanence is ‘complete power’ and ‘complete bliss’. To establish the pure immanence, all the elements should be in the most optimal relationship in which one does not otherize the others. In that sense, cyborg in Thomas Pynchon’s V. and Gravity’s Rainbow is a good example with which the favorable interrelationship between humans and the other elements can be discussed. (Chung-Ang University)