the brief analysis of moonlight

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1、TheBriefAnalysisofMoonlight　　【Abstract】GuydeMaupassantwasaFrenchwriter，rememberedasamasterofshortstories.HisshortnovelMoonlightisarrestingwithcarefulreading.Thepaperwillanalyzeitsprofoundmeaningsfromtheaspectsofcharacterization，normalizationandabstinence.　　【Ke

2、ywords】Moonlight；Marignan；normalization；abstinence　　Maupassant’sstoriesarecharacterizedbyeconomyofstyleandefficient，effortlessdenouements.Moonlight，oneofhisearlyshortstories，doesnotgetmuchattentionbutisintriguing.Theprotagonist，AbbéMarignan，isapiouspriest.Heaf

3、firmsheunderstandsGodwell.Hehateswomenexcepthisniece.Butheangrilyfindsthathisnieceisdatingwithsomeone.Goingouttomakethingsclear，hegetsstunnedbythepoeticmoonlight.Thestorycanbedividedintothreeparts：theexpositionofMarignan’ssubjectivereadingsaboutGod’swill，hispe

4、rverseattitudetowardswomen，andtheshiftofhisattitudeunderthemoonlight.Itwillbeanalyzedfromthreeaspects：theroundcharacterMarignan，thenormalizationinnarratology，aboutabstinence.　　Ingreatnovels，protagonistsarealwaysdynamiccharacterswhereasshortstoriesaremorelikely

5、tobestaticcharacters.ButMoonlightisthetypicalcounterinstance.Marignanisaroundanddynamiccharacterwhoisabsurdandridiculous.Atthebeginning，heisanadamantpriestwithfixedbeliefs.HethinksallthingscreatedbyGodhavetheirexistentmeanings.Butafterhefindshisniece’ssecret，a

6、ttitudeischanging.Therearethreesteps.Thefirstistheprimaryawakening.Whenheopensthedoortogoout，heissurprisedbyasplendorofmoonlight.Atthattime，havingforgottenallannoyance，hedrinkstheairasadrunkarddrinkswine.Thesecondisquestioning.“Hesensedwithinhimselfanotherofth

7、osequestionshesometimesposed.WhyhadGoddonethis？”（YuanZhongzhi，45）Heraisesquestionsabouttheevening，themoon，andthebirds.Buthefindsnoanswer.Thethirdistheastonishment.Whentwopeoplebringsthestillcountrysidetolife，thesceneenfoldstheloversandhisheadechoesversesoftheS

8、ongofSongs.Theastonishmentsuggestshisinnertransformationfromdivinitytohumanity.Thentheformerandlaterattitudebecomeadilemma：ifhewasnotonthevergeofdisobeyingGod，mustnotGodpermitloves