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1、1.Thethemeandthesignificanceofthenovel“RobinsonCrusoe”lRobinsonCrusoesingsasongoflabor,presentingitasthesourceofhumanprideandhappinessaswellasameanstochangeman’slivingconditionsfromdesperationtoprosperity.It’sasloganwhichthebourgeoisieusedtojustifytheiraccumulationofwealth
2、.lItisanartisticprojectionofcolonialexpansion.(thecivilizedvs.thesavage)lThethemeof“backtonature”andreligiousdevotion.Onthewhole,RobinsonCrusoeissignificantasthefirstEnglishnovelwhichglorifiestheindividualexperienceofordinarypeopleinplainandsimplelanguage,andalsoasavividan
3、dpositiveportrayoftheEnglishbourgeoisieattheearlierstagesofitsdevelopment.2.TheimageofRobinsonCrusoeRobinsonCrusoeisportrayedasaheroofthecommonstock,anindividualist---aself-mademan,whoshowsmarvelouscapacityforwork,boundlesscourageandenergyinovercomingobstaclesandashrewdnes
4、sinaccumulatingwealthandgainingprofits.ThecharacterofRobinsonCrusoeisrepresentativeoftherisingEnglishbourgeoisie.Heismostpracticalanddiligent,alwaysreligiousandatthesametimemindfulofhisownprofit.ModernnovelistJamesJoyceeloquentlynotedthatthetruesymboloftheBritishconquestis
5、RobinsonCrusoe.“HeisthetrueprototypeoftheBritishcolonist.ThewholeAnglo-SaxonspiritisinCrusoe:themanlyindependence,theunconsciouscruelty,thepersistence,theslowyetefficientintelligence,thesexualapathy,thecalculatingtaciturnity.”Inthisnovel,Defoecreatedtheimageofatrueempire-b
6、uilder,acolonizerandaforeigntrader,whohasthecourageandwilltofacehardships,andwhohasdeterminationtopreservehimselfandimprovehislivelihoodbystrugglingagainstnatureandfate.3.ThefeaturesofDefoe’snovelsAsawriteroftheEnlightenment,Defoeattachedgreatimportancetothemouldingofchara
7、cterandtotheeducationthroughtheinfluenceofvariedenvironment.Forexample,DefoetracesthedevelopmentofRobinsonCrusoefromanaiveandtactlessyouthintoacleverandhardenedman,temperedandtriedbynumeroustrialsinhiseventfullife,especiallyhisstruggleagainstnatureontheisland.Defoe’sintent
8、ionisthatthereadersshouldregardhisnovelsastruestories.Forthatreason,hedeliberatelyavoidsa
