On Colonialism in Robinson Crusoe 鲁滨逊漂流记论殖民主义

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1、OnColonialisminRobinsonCrusoeAbstract:DanielDefoe’sRobinsonCrusoetellsusastoryofanEnglishmanwhoisshipwreckedonadesertedtropicalisland,restlesswithlonelinessanddespair.Whenhestrivesforabettersurvivalenvironment,andfinallymanagestocomebacktoEngland.Thenarratingofthisno

2、velhasthedirectrelationwiththeEngland’sinvasionandcolony.“Adventure”becamethemainclueinmanyfictionsatthattime.ThenarratorCrusoe’sprocessonthebaldislandshowedtheconstructionoftheEmpire’scolony.SoRobinsonCrusoebecamethemosttypicalcolonialismnarrativetextin18century.Rob

3、insonCrusoeglorifiestheindividualexperienceofordinarypeopleinplainandsimplelanguage,andalsoasapositiveportrayoftheEnglishbourgeoisie.Butthiskindofportraybeautifiescolonialismandslaveryrootinit.Thisthesissetsonthehistoryof18century.Anditisatypicalstudyofhowthecolonist

4、sexerttheculturalruleonthepeopleinthecolonies.Keywords:colonialism,Englishbourgeoisie,18century.1Introduction:DefinitionofcolonialismandcolonialismanalysisColonialismhasdifferentdefinitions.TheAmericanHeritageDictionarysayscolonialismisapolicybywhichanationmaintainso

5、rextendsitscontroloverforeigndependence.WhileOxfordDictionaryOnlinegivesushisunderstandofcolonialismisthatthepolicyorpracticeofacquiringfullofpartialpoliticalcontroloveranothercountry,occupyingitwithsettlersandexploitingiteconomically.Inaword,colonialismisasayingofpo

6、werfulcountryplunderingweaknation.Colonialismistheistheconsequenceofwesterncapitalaccumulation.ItoriginatesfromtheperiodsofDiscoveryandExplorationsince15thcentury.SomecriticsthinkthatitbreakstheseparationoftheOldWorldandtheNewworldandalsoencouragestheexchangeofbothcu

7、ltures.InRobinsonCrusoe,colonialismexiststillsthebeginningtotheend.Robinsonwasaloneontheisland,butheneededmorelikeaservantthanacompanion.WecanseethatfromtheparthetaughtFridaytospeakEnglishabout“Yes,No,Master”.2RelatedinformationaboutthisnovelanditsauthorDanielDefoeTh

8、efullnameofthisnovelisTheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe.Thestoryitselfisrealenoughtohavecomefromasailor’slogboo