摘要

    《鲁滨逊漂流记》是一部世界文化巨著，自然也有其过人之处。小说中主人公不轻易放弃希望，坚持荒岛多年的生活，给了读者很大的精神鼓舞。然而金无足赤，人无完人，这样一部鸿篇巨著亦不乏值得诟病之处。本篇论文旨在解析《鲁滨逊漂流记》中的殖民文化，从不同的角度来看同一部小说。《鲁滨逊漂流记》和其他殖民主义小说一样，把白种人描述成公正善良的优等种族，极力说明白种人的统治是合理的。而与之相对的其他肤色的人种，非洲的黑人和美国的印第安人则被描述成戴着奇怪面具，跳着原始舞蹈的野蛮落后的种族。西方人抓住他们的生活习俗，着重描述，由此证明白种人教化“野蛮人”是有必要的步骤之一。而《鲁滨逊漂流记》则正是这样一部深含着殖民主义思想的小说。

关键词：鲁滨逊漂流记，殖民主义，白种人，野蛮人。

Abstract

    Robinson Crusoe is a masterpiece of world culture. The spirit and the experience of the hero in the fiction inspired us. However, this paper would concentrates on the illustration of colonial culture in this adventure fiction from a critical perspective. Just the same as the other colonial literature, Robinson Crusoe described the white as a superior race and endeavored to prove the legitimacy of their domination. Contrarily, African Negros and Native Americans were portrayed like some kind of ignorant uncivilized races. The western insist that those barbarians should be educated under their indoctrination. Robinson Crusoe is such a kind of novel.

Key word: Robinson Crusoe, Colonialism, the white, barbarian

1. Introduction
1.1 Background   
    As one of the most famous English realistic novels in the 18th century, Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece, Robinson Crusoe, is not only a pioneering creation of English adventure fiction but also a representation of colonial literature in that period. This thesis will make a specific analysis on Robinson Crusoe through the colonial perspective which could be subdivided in three aspects. First, writing style: this novel applies First Person Narration to narrate the story and uses many colonial discourses. Second, treasure: what the hero Robinson did was marine slave trade, managing plantation and ruling the desert island which consequently made him an early colonist. Third, colonial reformation: Robinson changed Friday and distorted the native culture in order to accomplish his cultural colonization plan. The deep analysis will show a strong colonialism in Robinson Crusoe as well as Robinson’s real image—an exact colonist.