从社会化角度解读《月亮和六便士》中思特里克兰德的自我救赎_英语论文

A Socialization Interpretation of Strickland's Self-Redemption in The Moon and Sixpence 

摘要

威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆是英国著名小说家、戏剧家，一生创作颇丰。《月亮和六便士》是其三大长篇力作之一，以情节入胜、文字深刻在文坛轰动一时。小说所揭示的逃避现实的主题，与西方许多人的追求相吻合，成为20世纪的流行小说。

作品描述了一个伦敦证券经纪人思特里克兰德，为了艺术抛弃妻子和美满的生活，奔赴南太平洋的塔希提岛，把生命的价值全部注入绚烂的画布的故事。作品表现了天才、个性和物质文明、现代婚姻之间的矛盾，有着广阔的生命视角。

本论文着重从社会化期待和主人公冲突层面分析，解读主人公的行为与社会习俗的违背，以自己离经叛道的方式追求自己心目中的真善美和艺术的生活，从而达到自我救赎。希望对毛姆在精神思想的研究方面能够提供一个新的学术角度,为更好地理解原著提供一个有效的途径。

关键词：毛姆；月亮和六便士；社会化；思特里克兰德；自我救赎 

Abstract

William Somerset Maugham is a famous British novelist and dramatist, who created a large number of works during his life. The Moon and Sixpence is one of his three long masterpieces, which created a great sensation in the literary world because of its vivid plots and profound words. The novel reveals the theme of escapism, which was in accordance with the pursuit of many Westerners and became a popular novel in the twentieth century.

The novel describes the story of a London stock broker Strickland, who abandons his wife and gracious life for pursuing art and goes to the Tahiti Island in the South Pacific, devoting all the value of life into gorgeous canvas. The novel shows the contradiction between genius personality and material civilization as well as modern marriage, which has wide life perspective.

This paper focuses on analyzing the conflict between social expectation and the protagonist’s pursuit. It makes an interpretation of the Strickland's violation of social norms, and of Strickland's Self-redemption by pursing the true beauty of the heart and artistic life by an unconventional way. In this way, I hope to provide a new academic perspective to Maugham’s spirit research and a better way to understand the original novel.   

Keywords：Maugham  The Moon and Sixpence  socialization  Strickland  self-redemption

Contents

Acknowledgements I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 William Somerset Maugham 1

1.2 The Moon and Sixpence 1

1.3 Literature Review 2

1.4 Significance and Composition of the Thesis 3

Chapter Two Theories of Socialization 4

2.1 Introduction to Socialization 4

2.2 Ways to Achieve Socialization 5

Chapter Three Cause for Strickland’s Self-Redemption 7

3.1 Conflict with Social Morality 7

3.1.1 The Moral Environment for Strickland 7

3.1.2 Strickland’s Deviation from Moral Expectations 8

3.2 Conflict with Artistic Environment 8

Chapter Four Way of Strickland’s Self-Redemption 10

4.1 Escaping from Social Norms 10

4.2 Escaping from Conventional Artistic Life 11

4.3 Strickland’s Self-Redemption 12

4.3.1 Strickland’s Self-Redemption in Social Morality 12

4.3.2 Strickland’s Self-Redemption in Artistic Pursuit 14

Chapter Five Conclusion 16

References 18