An Analysis of H. D. Thoreau’s Walden：The Harmonious Relationship between Nature and Man_英语论文

摘要

《瓦尔登湖》的作者是梭罗，他被尊称为第一个环境保护主义，还是一位关注人类生存状态的生态主义哲学家。《瓦尔登湖》被认为是美国历史上最伟大的作品之一。这本书记录了作者在森林生活的点点滴滴，各个小细节无一不体现人与自然的和谐友好关系。梭罗作为一名超验主义，在爱默生的基础上发展了此主义，并形成了一套自己的理论。本书也是他超验主义的体现。书中记录了作者隐居瓦尔登湖畔，与大自然水乳交融，在田园生活中感知重塑自我的奇异历程。读这本书，能引领人进入一个澄明、甜美、素雅的世界。作者与大自然进行心与心的交流，让自己最大限度的与自然接触，那么的美好，那么的和谐。

关键词：瓦尔登湖 和谐 人与自然

Abstract

The author of Walden is Thoreau, who is known as the first environmentalist, and he is an ecologist who is concerned about the state of human existence. Walden is considered as one of the greatest works in American history. This book records the author's life in the forest bit by bit, and each little detail reflects the harmonious and friendly relationship between man and nature. Thoreau, as a transcendentalist, developed this doctrine on the basis of Emerson and formed a set of his own theories. This book is also the embodiment of his transcendentalism. The book records the author's secluding life in Walden He developed a harmonious relationship with nature, This book is also the author in the pastoral life found himself, perception of himself, reshape himself. Read this book, can lead people into a clear, sweet, elegant world. The author and the nature change their heart to have a deep communication, so that this is their maximum contact with nature. It is so beautiful, so harmonious.

Key words: Walden； harmonious； nature and man

Contents

1  Introduction 1

2  The Relationship of Nature and Human 2

2.1 Henry David Thoreau and His Works-- Walden 2

2.2 In the mid-19th Century，the Relationship of Nature and Human，and the State of Society. 4

2.3 The Harmonious Relationship between Nature and Man in Walden 4

3 The Reason of the Author Pursuing a Harmonious Relationship between Human and Nature 5

3.1 The Effect of the Transcendentalism 6

3.2 The Effect of his Own Personality 7

3.3 The Effect of the State of the Economy at that Time 7

4  The Influence of Thoreau’s Opinion 8

4.1 The Influence of His Thoughts on that Time 8

4.2 The Influence of his Thoughts on Contemporary Times. 9

4.3 The Influence of His Thoughts to Literature 10

5  Conclusion 11

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