A Structuralism Look at Maupassant’s My Uncle Jules

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1、AStructuralismLookatMaupassant’sMyUncleJulesTheFrenchwriterGuydeMaupasant'sshortstoryMyUncleJulesshouldbeputonthelistofhisbestnovelsintheworld.Theobjectivedescriptionandthemeaningfulsarcasminthatworkreflectthesocialrealityinthelaterpartofthe19thcentury.Withchangeable

2、plotandvividdescription,theauthorexpressesnakedmoneyrelationshipamongpeoplesuccessfully.InthisreportIattempttoanalyzethisshortnovelintheperspectiveof“binaryoppositions”ofStructuralism.Inthebeginningofthenovel,thenarratortellsushisfamilyisnotrich,theyjustmanagedtomeet

3、ends.“Myfatherworkedhard,camehomelatefromtheoffice,andearnedverylittle.”And"Mymothersufferedagooddealfromourreducedcircumstances,andsheoftenhadharshwordsforherhusband,veiledandslyreproaches.”Thoughthefamilyhasapoorcondition,everySunday,allthefamilieswouldwalkalongthe

4、breakwaterintheirfinestclothesinagenteelmannerjustlikethepeopleorupperclass.Withthevividandhumorouslanguage,thewritershowsustheoppositionofthefamilybetweenbeingrichandlivingagenteellifeandthecruelreality."EverySunday,whenthebigsteamerswerereturningfromunknownanddista

5、ntcountries,myfatherwouldinvariablyutterthesamewords:’whatasurpriseitwouldbeifJuleswereonthatone!Eh?'ThesamewordsutteredbymyfathershowedthatallthehopeofchangingthepoorconditionisinUncleJulesfaraway.TheinvisibleUncleJulesbecamethebestanticipationofallfamilies.Butinthe

6、past,he”isoneofthegreatestcrimes.”TheoppositionofthedifferentattitudetowardsUncleJulesisvividlydisplayed.TheletterfromUncleJulesgavethefamilythegreatanticipationtowardslife."Thisletterbecamethegospelofthefamily.Itwasreadontheslightestprovocation,anditwasshowntoeveryb

7、ody.”Themiraculousletterevenhasaclerkdecidedtosueforoneofthenarrator’ssisters.TheytakeUncleJulesasthemostintimatelymembershipofthefamily."Thousandsofschemeshadbeenplannedonthestrengthofthisexpectedreturn;wewereeventobuyalittlehousewithmyuncle'smoney--alittleplaceinth

8、ecountrynearIngouville.”Whenthefamiliestakeatrip,ontheboattheysawtherealUncleJules,whoanold,raggedsailorwassellingoyster,alltheirho