Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love

The present study investigates how Ian McEwan's Enduring Love (1997) re-defines human ethical qualities within a Darwinian framework. McEwan's Enduring Love from the very beginning to the end abounds in Darwinian images and passages, thereby, it forms a Darwinian lens through which the e...

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Main Authors:	Amjad, Fazel Asadi, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Asli, Amin Pourhossein
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/1/21994-78353-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-128932019-05-12T21:53:14Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/ Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love Amjad, Fazel Asadi Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Asli, Amin Pourhossein The present study investigates how Ian McEwan's Enduring Love (1997) re-defines human ethical qualities within a Darwinian framework. McEwan's Enduring Love from the very beginning to the end abounds in Darwinian images and passages, thereby, it forms a Darwinian lens through which the events of the novel are scanned and interpreted, from the helium balloon gone out of control to a shared happiness resulted from seeing a familiar face at the airport. Within the Darwinian worldview the novel sets, it tries to subvert the traditionally-considered human ethical actions, like heroism, cooperation, courage, and love and therefore redefine them. To prove its claim, this paper, first, explores the Darwinian framework Enduring Love develops, benefiting from the ideas of literary Darwinists and other biopoetical theorists; then, it tries to show how the novel applies the same Darwinian principles to those human ethical qualities mentioned above which results in their redefinition. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/1/21994-78353-1-PB.pdf Amjad, Fazel Asadi and Seyed Mohammad Marandi, and Asli, Amin Pourhossein (2018) Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 24 (2). pp. 154-165. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1096
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description	The present study investigates how Ian McEwan's Enduring Love (1997) re-defines human ethical qualities within a Darwinian framework. McEwan's Enduring Love from the very beginning to the end abounds in Darwinian images and passages, thereby, it forms a Darwinian lens through which the events of the novel are scanned and interpreted, from the helium balloon gone out of control to a shared happiness resulted from seeing a familiar face at the airport. Within the Darwinian worldview the novel sets, it tries to subvert the traditionally-considered human ethical actions, like heroism, cooperation, courage, and love and therefore redefine them. To prove its claim, this paper, first, explores the Darwinian framework Enduring Love develops, benefiting from the ideas of literary Darwinists and other biopoetical theorists; then, it tries to show how the novel applies the same Darwinian principles to those human ethical qualities mentioned above which results in their redefinition.
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author	Amjad, Fazel Asadi Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Asli, Amin Pourhossein
spellingShingle	Amjad, Fazel Asadi Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Asli, Amin Pourhossein Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
author_facet	Amjad, Fazel Asadi Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Asli, Amin Pourhossein
author_sort	Amjad, Fazel Asadi
title	Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
title_short	Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
title_full	Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
title_fullStr	Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
title_full_unstemmed	Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
title_sort	humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in ian mcewan's enduring love
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12893/1/21994-78353-1-PB.pdf
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Humanity biologised: the re-definition of human ethics in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love

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