英国文学作品选读小说家

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1、《英国文学选读》要点（4）--小说家及其作品解读1.DanielDefoe(1661-1731)Significance1)apioneernovelistofEngland;2)oneoftheforerunnersoftheEnglishrealisticnovel;3)AlongwithSamuelRichardson,DefoeisconsideredthefounderoftheEnglishnovel.RobinsonCrusoe(上p.190)Thethemesman’sstrugglesa

2、gainstnatureGlorificationofthebourgeoismenwhohasthecourageandwilltofacehardshipanddeterminationtoimprovehislivelihoodGlorificationoflaborThestyleRealisticstyleSymbolThegreatwoodencrossThegreatwoodencrossthatCrusoemakestomarktimeisasymbolofhisjourneytoward

3、srebirth.Thesymbolcastsanew,somewhatromanticlightontheadventure,foritgiveshopeandforeshadowssuccessforRobinsonCrusoeTheCapitallettersonthecrossThelargesizeandcapitallettersshowushowimportantthiscrossistoCrusoeasatimekeepingdeviceandthusalsoasawayofrelatin

4、ghimselftothelargersocialworldwheredatesandcalendarsstillmatter.It’samemorialtoCrusoehimself,underscoringhowcompletelyhehasbecomethecenterofhisownlife.CharacterAnalysis–RobinsonCrusoeRobinsonCrusoeisoneoftheprotagonistsdrawnmostsuccessfullyinEnglishnovels

5、.ThroughthecharacterizationofRobinsonCrusoe,Defoedepictshimasaherostrugglingagainstnature,andhumanfatewithhisindomitablewillandhand,andeulogizescreativelabor,physicalandmental,anallusiontoglorificationofthebourgeoiscreativitywhenitwasarisingandmoreenerget

6、icclassintheinitialstageofitshistoricaldevelopment.Fromanindividuallaborertoamasterandcolonizer,Crusoeseemstohavegonethroughvariousstagesofhumancivilization,creatingavisualpicturetomanifesthowman’shistoryhasdevelopedfromtheprimitivetothefeudal,andthentoth

7、ecapitalisticoneintheeighteenthcentury.2.JaneAusten(1775-1817)Significance1)awomannovelistofthe18thcentury2)theonlyimportantfemaleauthorinthe18-19thcentury3)thefirstwriterwhoexamineswomen’spositionandtheirproblemsinthesociety4)Shepresentedthequiet,day-to-

8、daycountrylifeofthemiddle-upper-classEnglish.PrideandPrejudice(下p.118)1)PrideandPrejudiceisthemostpopularofJaneAusten’snovels.2)PrideandPrejudiceisoriginallydraftedas"FirstImpressions".3)Inthisnovel,theauthorexplore