浅析马丁·伊登的悲剧_英语论文

An Analysis of Martin Eden’s Tragedy

摘要

《马丁伊登》是一本自传体形式的小说，讲述穷小子马丁·伊登爱上富家小姐并为之努力奋斗，以图进入上层阶级。然而，当他成功后，却发现他所追求的一切都是虚假的，最终选择了死亡。马丁·伊登是具有鲜明个性的人物。原著作者通过描述马丁作为底层人物追求梦想并最后幻灭的故事，令读者沉思，而马丁·伊登悲剧的展现和造成这些悲剧的原因成为研究的关键。笔者主要分层次研究马丁·伊登的悲剧，即从马丁爱情的幻灭、理想的崩塌以及身份的迷茫三个方面来解读马丁的悲剧和产生马丁悲剧的原因及深层意义。在当时的社会环境下，马丁的悲剧看似是个人的悲剧，但无论他的爱情、理想还是精神的悲剧都受到当时社会的影响，马丁的悲剧仅是一个时代的缩影，是整个社会的悲剧，引发我们对人性的思考，从而给我们当下社会以警示。

关键词：马丁·伊登 幻灭 崩塌 迷茫

Abstract

Martin Eden, an autobiographic novel, mainly tells us a story about Martin, a poor man, who falls in love with a rich girl and struggles to enter the upper class for her. However, when he finally succeeds, he finds all the things he runs after are false, so he finally chooses to die. Martin is a typical character with distinct personality in that period. Jack London reveals Martin’s tragedy by describing his pursuing of his dream and his failure as a lower-class person, making readers ponder over its deep meaning, which makes the study of the manifestations and reasons of Martin’s tragedy necessary. The author explores Martin’s tragedies and the main reasons of his tragedy from different aspects, namely the disillusion of love, the collapse of ideal and the confusion of identity. Then, the author will continue study the deep meaning of Martin’s tragedy. In that social environment, Martin’s tragedy seems to be a personal tragedy, but all his tragedy of love, ideal and spirit are affected by that society. Martin’s tragedy is the very epitome of that period and a tragedy of the whole society, which provokes our thinking about humanity and gives a warning to our current society.

Key words: Martin·Eden Disillusion Collapse Confusion

Contents

Introduction 1

1 The Disillusion of Love 2

1.1 The Manifestations of the Disillusion of Love 2

1.2 The Reasons of the Disillusion of Love 3

1.2.1 The Personal Characters of Martin and Ruth 3

1.2.2 The Different Values of Martin and Ruth 5

1.2.3 The Conflict of Two Classes 6

2 The Collapse of Ideal 8

2.1 The Manifestations of the Collapse of Ideal 8

2.2 The Reasons of the Collapse of Ideal 9

2.2.1 Ideal Based on Love 9

2.2.2 Idealism and Perfectionism of Martin 10

2.2.3 Clashes between Personal Value and the Mainstream Value 11

3 The Confusion of Identity 12

3.1 The Manifestations of the Confusion of Identity 12

3.2 The Reasons of the Confusion of Identity 13

3.2.1 The Desire for Entering the Upper Class 13

3.2.2 The Difficulty in Returning the Lower Class 14

3.2.3 The Failure to Involve in the Society 15

Conclusion 15

Bibliography 17

Acknowledgements 18