A Brief Analysis of Martin Eden’s Death

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1、摘要：半自传体小说《马丁·伊登》被认为是杰克·伦敦最优秀的一部长篇小说，自出版以来，受广大读者的亲睐，同时关于主人公的死因在文学界也一直饱受争议。该书描写了一个企图在美国跻身上层阶级的年轻人的奋斗历程及其悲惨结局。有些学者认为马丁的死是因为爱情上的失意和社会的冷漠。本文主要从个人主义和社会主义的角度分析马丁这部作品，认为马丁的死是社会主义主导下下的个人主义的困惑和丢失所致。Abstract：Semi-autobiographicalnovel—MartinEdenisregardedasJackLondon’sbestnovel

2、.SincepublicationMartinEdenenjoysgreatpopularityaswellascontroversialwhenitreferstothedeathofMartinEden.ThemaincharacterMartinEdenandthetragicending.ThisarticleanalyzesMartin’sdeathfromtheperspectiveofindividualismandsocialism,thusillustratingMartin’sdeathresultsfrom

3、theconfusionandlossofindividualismunderthepressureofsocialism.19Contents1Introduction11.1IntroductiontoJackLondon21.2IntroductiontoMartinEden31.3Thepurposeofthisthesis………………………………..…......42LiteratureReview42.1InternationalstudyofMartinEden42.2DomesticstudyofMartinEd

4、en43IndividualismandSocialisminMartinEdenandhiscauseofdeath53.1IndividualismofMartinEden53.1.1TheshapingofindividualismofMartinEden………….53.1.2ThedeepeningofindividualismofMartinEden……….73.2SocialismofMartinEden…………………………………103.3TheCausesofMartinEden'sdeath——confusion

5、andlossofindividualismamongsocialism……………………………………...114Conclusion13References1419ABriefAnalysisofMartinEden’sDeath——FromthePerspectiveofIndividualism1Introduction1.1IntroductiontoJackLondonJackLondon,oncenamedJohnGriffithLondon，isafamousrealisticwriterinthe20thcentu

6、ryofAmerica.HewasborninSanFranciscoin1876andgrewupinapoorfamilywithoutfixedoccupationandresidence.Intheearly20thcenturyJackLondonrosetopopularityandcametofameintheAmericanliteraryworldinamagicway.Heisahighlyprolificwriter,whoproducesoverfiftyvolumesincludingnineteenl

7、ongstories,onehundredandninety-sevenshortstories,threeplaysandsomepoliticalessays.Hismostfamousworksinclude:TheCalloftheWild；WhiteFang；LoveoflifeandMartinEden.MostofhisworksfocusonthelifeofthelowerclassinAmericaandexposethedarknessofcapitalistsocietyandcarriesastrong

8、senseofsocialismandindividualism(London,1939).JackLondonisalsowell-knownforhisthrillingadventurestoriesdealingromanticallywiththeov