《帕梅拉》的女性主义解读_英语论文

An Interpretation of Pamela from the Perspective of Feminism

摘要

塞缪尔· 理查森是18世纪中叶英国著名的小说家，对英国文学和欧洲文学都产生过重要影响。他关注婚姻道德问题，多以女仆或中产阶级女性为主人公，他的写作风格,也影响了后世许多著名作家。

在书商的建议下，一个年轻家庭女仆受到男主人侵犯时写给她父亲以寻求应付办法的一批信被理查森写成了一部小说，这就是《帕梅拉》，又名《贞洁得报》。，它把社会环境的描写和人物心理活动的分析结合起来，通过有趣的故事使读者得到道德教育。

目前为止，学者们大多是研究《帕梅拉》的心理分析、历史和宗教等,本文拟从女性主义角度解读《帕梅拉》，分析理查森所塑造帕梅拉这一女性形象，探究理查森的女性观。

关键词: 塞缪尔·理查森；帕梅拉；女性主义

Abstract

Samuel Richardson is known as one of the most famous novelists in the middle of the 18th century in England and has great influence on European literature. He pays attention to the marriage and morality. Meanwhile, the characters of his novels are mostly maids or women in middle class. Later, many famous writers are influenced by his writing style.

Richardson writes the novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded at booksellers’ suggestion. It tells the story of a young maidservant who writes to her parents to find ways to refuse the host Mr. B’s violation. It is the interesting stories that make readers receive moral education which contains the description of social environment and the analysis of the characters’ psychological activities. 

So far, scholars mainly study Pamela from the perspectives of psychological analysis, historical significance and religious attitudes. This thesis aims to interpret Pamela from the perspective of feminism, and explores Richardson's view on women by analyzing the female image of Pamela.

Keywords:  Samuel Richardson  Pamela  feminism

Contents

Acknowledgements I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to Samuel Richardson 1

1.2 Introduction to Pamela 1

1.3 Literature Review 2

1.4 Structure of the Thesis 3

Chapter Two Feminism 4

2.1 Definition of Feminism 4

2.2 Its Origin and Development 4

2.3 Its Features 4

Chapter Three An Interpretation of Pamela from the Perspective of Feminism 6

3.1 Pamela’s Self-consciousness 6

3.2 Pamela’s Defense of Chastity 7

3.3 Revolting Against gender Discrimination and Pursing Equality 7

Chapter Four Richardson’s View on Women 9

Chapter Five Conclusion 11

References 12