{"title":"The Green Apocalypse and Empathy for Vegetal Life","authors":"Jean E. Graham","doi":"10.1353/sfs.2024.a931153","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Speculative fiction can contribute toward overcoming \"plant awareness disparity\" and also can help create empathy for plants rather than fear of an apocalypse. The Saga of the Swamp Thing (1987) by Alan Moore, relies on Swamp Thing's anthropomorphism (undermining the vegetal nature of flora) to oppose the apocalypse and create an empathetic response. The non-anthropomorphic carnivorous plants of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids (1954) never receive empathy from the human characters. In contrast, James Gunn's Transcendental (2013) depicts an invasive vegetal species which tells its own story, becoming empathetic without anthropomorphism.","PeriodicalId":517674,"journal":{"name":"Science Fiction Studies","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science Fiction Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sfs.2024.a931153","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT: Speculative fiction can contribute toward overcoming "plant awareness disparity" and also can help create empathy for plants rather than fear of an apocalypse. The Saga of the Swamp Thing (1987) by Alan Moore, relies on Swamp Thing's anthropomorphism (undermining the vegetal nature of flora) to oppose the apocalypse and create an empathetic response. The non-anthropomorphic carnivorous plants of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids (1954) never receive empathy from the human characters. In contrast, James Gunn's Transcendental (2013) depicts an invasive vegetal species which tells its own story, becoming empathetic without anthropomorphism.
ABSTRACT: 推理小说有助于克服 "植物认知差异"，也有助于产生对植物的共鸣，而不是对世界末日的恐惧。艾伦-摩尔（Alan Moore）的《沼泽怪客传奇》（Saga of the Swamp Thing，1987 年）依靠沼泽怪客的拟人化（削弱植物的植物性）来反对世界末日，并引起人们的共鸣。约翰-温德姆（John Wyndham）的《三叶虫之日》（The Day of the Triffids，1954 年）中的非拟人化食肉植物从未得到人类角色的共鸣。相比之下，詹姆斯-冈恩（James Gunn）的《超验》（Transcendental，2013 年）描绘了一种外来入侵的植物物种，它讲述了自己的故事，在没有拟人化的情况下产生了共鸣。
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