论维多利亚时期的信仰缺失-以马修·阿诺德《多佛海滩》为例_英语论文

On the Crisis of Faith in the Victorian Period----Taking Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach as an Example 

摘要

马修·阿诺德是维多利亚时期英国一位伟大的诗人和社会评论家。许多马修·阿诺德的文学作品都反映了19世纪时期的人们的心理矛盾。其中，就以《多佛海滩》最具有代表性。本文以马修·阿诺德的《多佛海滩》为例，从维多利亚时代背景、诗的解读和信仰危机的现象三个方面分析这首诗来反映那个时代的信仰问题。接着，本文针对信仰缺失的问题给出建议：当我们面对信仰缺失问题之时，我们应该保持一种乐观积极的心态。

关键词：马修·阿诺德；维多利亚时代；《多佛海滩》；信仰缺失

Abstract

Matthew Arnold is a great British Victorian poet and leading social critic in Victorian Period. Many of Matthew Arnold’s literary works reflect the contradictory psychology in the 19 century, of which Dover Beach ranks high. This thesis takes Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach as an example. It analyzes this poem to reflect the problem of the crisis of faith at that time from three aspects:  the Victorian Period background, the interpretation of the poem and the phenomenon of the crisis of faith. Then, this thesis supplies suggestions for the crisis of faith: when we face the crisis of faith, we should keep an optimistic attitude.

Key words: Matthew Arnold ; Victorian Period ; Dover Beach ; the Crisis of  faith

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. The Analysis of the Poem 3

3.1 The background of the poem in Victorian Period 3

3.2 The interpretation of the the poem 4

3.3 The phenomenon of the crisis of faith 5

4. The Causes of the Crisis of faith 5

4.1 The cause of the development of industrial revolution 5

4.2 The cause of the development of technology 6

5. Solutions to the Issue 6

5.1 The rise of the middle class 7

5.2 Cultural salvation by means of education 8

6. Conclusion 9

Works Cited 11