論者或言詞犀利，斥之為不入流的小說家，但阿道士‧郝胥黎的聲名依舊不衰。世界各地的讀者，不論學術精英或市井小民，仍然喜愛赫胥黎的作品，其中以「美麗新世界」這部小說最膾炙人口，值得學術界反覆探究。本篇論文意在剖析小說中的宰制與反抗，力求承先啟後。全文從科技、文化、政治、性別、宗教等角度切入，正文三章獨立成篇，卻又相互呼應、渾然一體。第二章旨在探討新世界政府的科技宰制，說明生物科技制約、睡眠教學、感官電影、所麻如何剝奪了人類的自覺與自主。同時說明福特及佛洛伊德兩種意識形態的危害。第三章探討新世界與保留區的文化宰制。第四章則討論對宰制的反抗，勾勒一個自由、自主的桃花源。除了分析小說的主題，本文也觸及作者技巧，並援引傅科、薩伊德等大家，以收相互發明之功。

　Aldous Huxley is no novelist, many critics argue. Their biting criticism, however, does not blight Huxley’s reputation as an accomplished writer. In fact, Huxley has become immensely popular to readers, both in and out of academic circles, around the world. Of all Huxley’s novels, Brave New World is most widely read and thus merits sustained scholarly examination. This thesis, focusing on domination and resistance, marks yet another attempt at analyzing this novel of perennial popularity. I will discuss “domination” and “resistance” from aspects like technology, culture, politics, gender, and religion. The three main chapters can be seen as an integral whole, one complementing another. And they can be viewed separately as dealing with specific issues. Chapter II copes with technological domination of the new world government, discussing how such inventions as biotechnological conditioning, sleep teaching, feelies and soma turn human beings into mindless parrots and automatons. It also discusses the Fordean and Freudian ideologies that account for the misapplication of technology. Chapter III deals with cultural domination as symbolized by the new world and the primitive Indian Reservation. And Chapter IV aims to discuss resistance to dehumanizing power, delineating an alternative society to the oppressive worlds in Huxley’s novel. In addition to its thematic concerns about domination and resistance, this thesis also includes discussion on Huxley’s techniques. Moreover, it draws on theorists like Foucault and Said, arguing that it is fruitful to combine Huxley’s 1932 tour de force with modern-day critical theories.

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