鲁滨逊漂流记中的殖民主义Word文档格式.docx
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Crusoe
and
Its
Reflection
Reality
I.Introduction
TheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe,amasterpieceofDanielDefoe,isapioneeringEnglishadventurefiction.ItmainlytellsusastoryoftheheroRobinsonCrusoe’sadventureontheseaespeciallyonadesertedislandallalone.Afterafewsailsonthesea,hejoinsanexpeditiontobringslavesfromAfrica,butheisshipwreckedinastormaboutfortymilesouttoseaonadesertedisland.RobinsonCrusoestrugglesagainsthardship,privation,loneliness,andcannibalsinhisattempttosurviveonthedesertedisland.FinallyhesucceedsinreturningtohishometownEnglandandbecomesrichintheend.
Butaccordingtothecriticisms,TheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoeisatypicalcolonialliterature.AsFangMinwroteinhisthesisOnTheColonialbehaviorsinTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe,ifweanalyzeTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoeunderthepost-colonialism,wecouldfindthatthefictionreflectsthecolonialcultureinsomeways(Fang,2010).ByexploringthecolonialcultureinTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe,wecanknowthethoughtsofpeopleinthatperiodandtheformsofearlycolonialismandcolonialism.
Inthisthesis,theauthorwouldliketoleadthereaderstotakeabrieflookatofthecolonialisminTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe,theinfluenceofthecolonialismonpeopletodayandthereflectionofcolonialthoughtstoday.
Theauthorwillwriteitinthefollowingfiveparts.
Firstofall,theauthorwillgiveabriefintroductionofTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe,boththefictionandtheauthorDanielDefoe.
Second,theauthorwillgiveabriefintroductionofcolonialismandcolonialisminTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoeandhowitisshowedinthefiction.
Third,theauthorwilllistandanalyzethereflectionofcolonialismtoday.
Fourth,theauthorwillhaveabrieflookatoftheinfluenceofcolonialismbothinthehistoryandatpresent.
Fifth,theauthorwillcometoaconclusionthatwecanknowalittleofcolonialisminTheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoebyDanielDefoe.
II.BriefIntroductionoftheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe
RobinsonCrusoeisanovelwrittenbyDanielDefoeandwasfirstpublishedin1719.Thebookisafictionalautobiographyofthetitlecharacter—acastawaywhospends28yearsonaremotetropicalislandnearVenezuela,encounteringNativeAmericans,captivesandmutineersbeforebeingrescued.HestruggledontheislandaloneandfinallywasrescuedandwentbacktoEngland.
2.1BriefIntroductionofDanielDefoe
DanielDefoe(ca.1659-1661–24April1731),bornDanielFoe,wasanEnglishwriter,journalist,andpamphleteer,whogainedfameforhisnovelRobinsonCrusoe.Defoeisnotableforbeingoneoftheearliestproponentsofthenovel,ashehelpedtopopularizetheforminBritainandisamongthefoundersoftheEnglishnovel.Asaprolificandversatilewriter,hewrotemorethan500books,pamphletsandjournalsonvarioustopics(includingpolitics,crime,religion,marriage,psychologyandthesupernatural).
HereisabriefintroductionofDanielDefoe’slifeandthemotivationofwritingRobinsonCrusoe
Defoe’sfatherwasaCitytradesmanandmemberoftheButchers’Company.JamesFoe'
sstubbornPuritanism–TheFoeswereDissenters,ProtestantswhodidnotbelongtotheAnglicanChurch–occasionallycomesthroughDefoe'
swriting.HestudiedatCharlesMorton'
sAcademy,London.AlthoughhisNonconformistfatherintendedhimfortheministry,Defoeplungedintopoliticsandtrade,travellingextensivelyinEurope.Throughouthislife,Defoealsowroteaboutmercantileprojects,buthisbusinessventuresfailedandlefthimwithlargedebts.Butallhisexperiencegavehimthelifematerialtocompletehisworks,includinghismasterpieceRobinsonCrusoe.
Defoewasoneofthefirsttowritestoriesaboutbelievablecharactersinrealisticsituationsusingsimpleprose.HeachievedliteraryimmortalityinApril1719whenhepublishedRobinsonCrusoe,atravelogue,whichwasbasedpartlyonthememoirsofvoyagersandcastaways,suchasAlexanderSelkirk,whospentonhisislandfouryearsandfourmonths.
WilliamSelkirkwasthesonofaScottishtanner,whobecamethemasteroftheCinquePortsGalley,aprivateeringship.Selkirkwenttoseain1704underWilliamDampierandwasputashoreathisownrequest(oraccordingtosomesourcesasapunishmentofinsubordination)ontheislandofJuanFernandezinthePacific,hundredsofmilesoffthecoastofChile.Theislandwasuninhabited,andhesurvivedthereuntilhisrescuein1709byCaptainWoodsRogers.Selkirkclaimedlaterpositivelythattheexperiencehadmadehima"
betterChristian"
.Asajournalist,Defoemusthaveheardhisstoryandpossiblyinterviewedhim.
Theaccountofashipwreckedsailorwasacommentbothonthehumanneedforcivilizedsocietyandtheequallypowerfulnecessityforindividualfreedom.Butitalsoofferedadreamofbuildingaprivatekingdom,aself-madeUtopia,andbeingcompletelyself-sufficient,withoutanypolitical,socialorreligiousconstraints.SoitbecamefamousamongEnglishandtheEurope.
2.2BriefIntroductionofRobinsonCrusoe
AlthoughcommonlyreferredtoassimplyRobinsonCrusoe,thebook’scomplete,originaltitleasitappearsonthetitlepageofthefirsteditionisTheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe.
PictorialmapofCrusoe'
sisland,called"
IslandofDespair,"
showsmanyincidents.
Crusoe(thefamilynamecorruptedfromtheGermanname"
Kreutznaer"
or"
Kreutznä
r"
)setsailonaseavoyageinAugust1651,againstthewishesofhisparents,whowanthimtostayathomeandpursueacareer,possiblyinlaw.Afteratumultuousjourneythatsawhisshipwreckedinastorm,hislustforthesearemainedsostrongthathesetouttoseaagain.ThejourneyendedindisasterastheshipwastakenoverbySalé
piratesandCrusoebecametheslaveofaMoor.Aftertwoyearsofslavery,hemanagedtoescapeinaboatwithaboynamedXury;
later,CrusoewasrescuedandbefriendedbytheCaptainofaPortugueseshipoffthewestcoastofAfrica.TheshipwenttoBrazil.There,withthehelpofthecaptain,Crusoebecametheownerofaplantation.
Yearslater,hejoinedanexpeditiontobringslavesfromAfricabuthewasshipwreckedinastormaboutfortymilesouttoseaonanisland(whichhecalledtheIslandofDespair)nearthemouthoftheOrinocoriveronSeptember30,1659.Survivingalonewiththreeanimals,hestruggledtosurviveandfeedhimself.Hehadlivedonthedesertedislandalonefortwenty-eightyearsbeforehediscoverednatives.
Yearslater,hediscoverednativecannibalswhooccasionallyvisitedtheislandtokillandeatprisoners.Atfirstheplanedtokillthemforcommittinganabominationbutlaterrealizedthathehadnorighttodosoasthecannibalsdidnotknowinglycommitacrime.Hedreamedofobtainingoneortwoservantsbyfreeingsomeprisoners.Whentheycameagaintokillandeattheprisoners,aprisonermanagedtoescape;
Crusoehelpedhimandfreedhimfrombeingeaten.ThenCrusoenamedhisnewcompanion"
Friday"
afterthedayoftheweekheappeared.CrusoethentaughthimEnglishandconvertedhimtoChristianity.
Afteranotherpartyofnativesarrivedtopartakeinacannibalfeast,CrusoeandFridaymanagedtokillmostofthenativesandsavedtwooftheprisoners.OnewasFriday'
sfatherandtheotherwasaSpaniard,whoinformedCrusoethattherewereotherSpaniardsshipwreckedonthemainland.AplanwasdevisedwhereintheSpaniardwouldreturnwithFriday’sfathertothemainlandandbroughtbacktheothers,builtashipandsailedtoaSpanishport.
BeforetheSpaniardsreturned,anEnglishshipappeared;
mutineershadtakencontroloftheshipandintendedtomaroontheirformercaptainontheisland.Crusoeandtheship'
scaptainstrokeadealinwhichhehelpedthecaptainandtheloyalsailorsretooktheshipfromthemutineers,whereupontheyintendedtoleavetheworstofthemutineersontheisland.BeforetheyleftforEngland,Crusoeshowedtheformermutineershowhelivedontheislandandstatesthattherewouldbemoremencoming.CrusoelefttheislandonDecember19,1686andarrivedinEnglandonJune11,1687.Helearnedthathisfamilybelievedhimdeadandtherewasnothinginhisfather'
swillforhim.CrusoedepartedforLisbontoreclaimtheprofitsofhisestateinBrazil,whichhadgrantedhimalargeamountofwealth.Inconclusion,hetookhiswealthoverlandtoEnglandtoavoidtravelingatsea.FridaycamewithhimandalongthewaytheyenduredonelastadventuretogetherastheyfoughtoffhundredsoffamishedwolveswhilecrossingthePyrenees.
III.Colonialism
Crusoe
AsnovelistJamesJoycenotedthatthetruesymboloftheBritishconquestisRobinsonCrusoe:
"
HeisthetrueprototypeoftheBritishcolonist.…ThewholeAnglo-SaxonspiritisinCrusoe:
themanlyindependence,theunconsciouscruelty,thepersistence,theslowyetefficientintelligence,thesexualapathy,thecalculatingtaciturnity."
3.1BriefIntroductionofColonialism
3.1.1DefinitionofColonialism
Whatiscolonialism?
Itreferstoakindofinvasionpolicythatagreaterpowertakessomemilitary,politicalandeconomicmeasurestooccupy,collocateandexploitotherweakandlittlecountries,nationalitiesanddistrictswhicharefallingbehindothercountriessothattheycanmakethemcoloniesorsemi-colonies.
3.1.2BriefIntroductionofDifferentFormsofColonialism
AsChenLanwroteinthethesisRobinsonCrusoeandPost-colonialism,“EuropeancolonialismbeganwhenColombiafoundAmericancontinentin1492.Traditionally,peopleseeColombiaasanationalh
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