| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 英語學系 === 105 === Abstract
When the world falls apart, human beings come to the end of the time, what will be the last thing we have or we want to hold tight? In the Parable series by Octavia Butler, the image of dystopia is clearly illustrated in that the world in the near future is pushed forward to the doomsday. People at first try to preserve the civilization they used to have from crumbling down but in vain; therefore, Lauren undertakes her new religion and an ideal enclave; she tries to construct a new civilization. From Sower to Talents, despite her effort to either build up an ideal enclave and civilization or disseminate the hope, Lauren finally has to compromise her ideal prospect of founding a utopia with mere tactics of survival. This thesis aims to apply Michel Foucault’s theory as methodology to approach the power relations in Butler’s Parable series and argue that the civilization will never remain at a perpetual state and it can be constructed or overthrown at any time; therefore, our attempt to preserve the civilization and the taken-for-granted values reveal just the paranoid prospect toward a better future.
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