On colonialism in Robinson Crusoe 论《鲁滨逊漂流记》中的殖民主义

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1、OncolonialisminRobinsonCrusoeAbstract:DanielDefoe’sRobinsonCrusoetellsusastoryofanEnglishmanwhoisshipwreckedonadesertedtropicalisland,restlesswithlonelinessanddespair.Whenhestrivesforabettersurvivalenvironment,andfinallymanagestocomebacktoEngland.Thenarratingof

2、thisnovelhasthedirectrelationwiththeEngland’sinvasionandcolony.“Adventure”becamethemainclueinmanyfictionsatthattime.ThenarratorCrusoe’sprocessonthebaldislandshowedtheconstructionoftheEmpire’scolony.SoRobinsonCrusoebecamethemosttypicalcolonialismnarrativetextin1

3、8century.RobinsonCrusoeglorifiestheindividualexperienceofordinarypeopleinplainandsimplelanguage,andalsoasapositiveportrayoftheEnglishbourgeoisie.Butthiskindofportraybeautifiescolonialismandslaveryrootinit.Thisthesissetsonthehistoryof18century.Anditisatypicalstu

4、dyofhowthecolonistsexerttheculturalruleonthepeopleinthecolonies.Keywords:colonialism,Englishbourgeoisie,18century.1Introduction:DefinitionofcolonialismandcolonialismanalysisColonialismhasdifferentdefinitions.TheAmericanHeritageDictionarysayscolonialismisapolicy

5、bywhichanationmaintainsorextendsitscontroloverforeigndependence.WhileOxfordDictionaryOnlinegivesushisunderstandofcolonialismisthatthepolicyorpracticeofacquiringfullofpartialpoliticalcontroloveranothercountry,occupyingitwithsettlersandexploitingiteconomically.In

6、aword,colonialismisasayingofpowerfulcountryplunderingweaknation.Colonialismistheistheconsequenceofwesterncapitalaccumulation.ItoriginatesfromtheperiodsofDiscoveryandExplorationsince15thcentury.SomecriticsthinkthatitbreakstheseparationoftheOldWorldandtheNewworld

7、andalsoencouragestheexchangeofbothcultures.InRobinsonCrusoe,colonialismexiststillsthebeginningtotheend.Robinsonwasaloneontheisland,butheneededmorelikeaservantthanacompanion.WecanseethatfromtheparthetaughtFridaytospeakEnglishabout“Yes,No,Master”.2Relatedinformat

8、ionaboutthisnovelanditsauthorDanielDefoeThefullnameofthisnovelisTheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe.Thestoryitselfisrealenoughtohavecomefromasailor’slogboo