《汤姆叔叔的小屋》的乌托邦解读_英语论文

A Utopian Interpretation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

摘要

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》是哈丽叶特·比切·斯托的代表小说。此小说对奴隶制的废除产生了重要影响。然而，进一步分析，读者能很容易发现书中的乌托邦思想。本文将对《汤姆叔叔的小屋》中的乌托邦思想进行解读。在对乌托邦主义进行定义并对斯托夫人及其作品作简单介绍后，本文会从三方面对书中的乌托邦思想进行解读。首先，文章会对书中对逃跑奴隶命运的乌托邦思想进行解读。其次，文章会对小说中奴隶迫害者的转变体现出的乌托邦思想进行分。最后，文章会对小说中宣扬的基督教思想进行乌托邦解读。

Abstract

Uncle Tom’s cabin is Harriet Beecher Stowe’s representative novel. This novel has great influence on the abolition of slavery. However, readers can find out its utopian thoughts after analyzing it carefully. This paper is going to give a utopian interpretation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. After a definition of Utopianism and an introduction of Mrs. Stowe and her work, three aspects of the novel will be discussed in this paper. The first will be an analysis of Mrs. Stowe’s utopian thoughts in the fate of the slave runaways. Then, the utopian thoughts reflected in the changes of the slave persecutors will be analyzed. Finally, utopian ideals shining in the main characters’ Christian thoughts will be analyzed.