论《呼啸山庄》中文明与野性的冲突_英语论文

The brief introduction of the conflicts between civilization and wildness in Wuthering Heights

摘要

《呼啸山庄》作为文学史上较为“神秘莫测”的作品一直广受追捧。它一反同时代作品普遍存在的伤感主义情调，而以强烈的爱、狂暴的恨及由之而起的无情的报复，取代了低沉的伤感和忧郁。其中表现出来的人物性格复杂多变，而这种复杂多变的人物性格一方面是由于社会环境的熏陶，另一方面则是人类最原始的性格所驱使的，而这种原始的性格我们暂且称之为野性。本论文分为四个部分，第一部分介绍以往的研究成果，第二部分介绍论文的写作背景和写作意义。第三部分介绍小说的背景环境，第四部分着重对两位主人公的性格及其对人生的决定进行比较研究，从文明进化的角度出发，研究在社会从低级的野蛮状态进化到较为高级的文明过程与个人野性之间的冲突，从而发现个人对此的选择造成的对人生命运的影响以及背后的原因。

关键词  呼啸山庄   文明  野性  冲突   抉择   命运

Abstract 

As the more mysterious works compared to other works in the history of literary, Wuthering Heights has been widely sought by the world. Instead of the widespread mood of sentimentalism in the same period, this sentiment is replaced by the strong love、violent and merciless retaliation, which represents the complicated characteristics. What contribute to the situation include two aspects. One is the influence of the social environment. And the other is the original human characteristics--the wildness nature. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part is aim to introduce the previous studies of this novel. And the second part is to briefly describe the backgrounds and significance of this paper. The following part is to introduce the settings of the novel. The last part mainly focus on the characteristics and the fates of the characters. This paper try to study the conflicts between civilization and wildness in the process of social development from the perspective of the evolution of civilization, which can lead us to discover the personal fates affected by the personal choices and the reasons behind it.

Keywords  Wuthering Heights  civilization  wildness   conflict   choice    fate

Contents

1  Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Significance of the Study 1

2  Literature Review 2

2.1 Previous Research of Wuthering Heights 2

2.1.1Previous Research on the clash of civilization 2

2.1.2Previous Research on human nature 2

3   Analysis of the works 5

3.1 Background Settings 5

3.2 The environment and characteristics 6

4  The contrasts of their fates 7

4.1 The fate of Heathcliff 7

4.2 The fate of Catherine 9

Conclusion 10

References 11