《羚羊与秧鸡》(Oryx and Crake,2003)和《洪疫之年》(the Year of the Flood,2009)是加拿大作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德(Margaret Atwood,1939-)的两部姐妹篇作品,据《出版商周刊》(Publishers Weekly)称:“它们合在一起构成了一部史诗。”(1)作品讲述了人类未来某个时代一种人造病毒导致了人类大灭绝,阿特伍德以先知预言姿态描写的世界末日图景具有强烈的人类“启示录”意识。作品一经发表,引起国内研究者的快 Oryx and Crake (2003) and the Year of the Flood (2009) are two of the Canadian author Margaret Atwood (1939-) According to Publishers Weekly, Sisters wrote: “Together they make up an epic.” (1) The work tells the story of a man-made virus that led to the massacre of mankind some time in the future Attwood’s apocalyptic landscape depicted by prophecy prophecies has a strong sense of humanity’s Apocalypse. Once published, the work of domestic researchers is fast