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Tom

UncleTom’sCabin:

aRepresentativeofAmericanAbolitionistLiterature

By

ZhaoQian

AThesisPresentedtotheSchoolofContinuingEducation

Xi’anInternationalStudiesUniversity

AsPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeof

BachelorofArts

Oct,1st,2014

Class＿＿Two＿＿

Grade＿2013

Advisor＿ZhangWei

Abstract

Americanabolitionistmovementfromtheearly18thcenturytothemiddleofthe19thcenturyhasbeencarried.Fromtheearly18thcentury,insight,advanceswritershavepublishedworkscondemnedofslaveryinthenewspapers,magazinesandotherpublications,totheclimaxinthe1830s.Poemspublishedpoet,writerpublishednovelswerefloggingoverSlavery.ThemostAbolitionistsliteraturerepresentativeworksareUncleTom'sCabinbyMrs.Stowe.ThisworksuccessfullydepictstheroleofUncleTom,hasgreatsignificanceandvalue.UncleTom'sCabinwaslatertranslatedintomorethantwentylanguagesandsoldanastounding1.5millioncopiesworldwide.ReportedlygreetedbyAbrahamLincolnas"thelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatmadethisgreatwar"inan1862visittotheWhiteHouse,Stoweimmediatelyreachediconicstatusforherphenomenallysuccessfulandprovokingdepictionofthehorrorsofslavery.UncleTom'sCabinprovidesacompellingrepresentationofthecomplexandhighlyfraughtabolitionistmovement.Stowe'snovel,whichwouldbecomethemostrecognizableabolitionisttitle,emergedfromanalreadywell-establishedtraditionofliteraryprojectsthatsoughttoendslaveryanditplayedaroleinthenegotiationofvariouspoliticalagendaswithinthemovementitself.

TableofContents

1.Introduction………………………………………………………...........................4

2.TheOriginandDevelopmentofAbolitionistLiterature…………………………...5

2.1Background…………………………………………………….……………...5

2.2TheDevelopmentofAbolitionistLiterature…………………….......................6

3.UncleTom'sCabin:

aRepresentativeofAbolitionistLiterature…….......................7

3.1TheBirthofUncleTom'sCabin……………………………………………......7

3.2Mrs.StoweandUncleTom'sCabin………………………………………….....9

4.TheLiteratureValueofUncleTom’sCabin………………………………….........11

4.1TheLiteratureValueofUncleTom'sCabin……………………......................11

4.2TheLiteratureEvaluationofUncleTom’sCabin…………………………….12

4.3UsingTwoMainWording,“Contrast”Effect………………............................13

5.Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………14

References……………………………………………………………………………15

1.Introduction

HarrietBeecherStoweisanAmericanWriter,（June14,1811–July1,1896）ThenovelUncleTom'sCabinwaspublishedin1852aboutananti-slaverynovel.thenovelisthebest-sellingnovelofthe19thcenturyandisconsideredamajorreasontostimulatedriseofabolitionismin1850.Mrs.HarrietBeecherStowewasthedaughterofafamousAmericanPreachers,Dr.LymanBeecher,andbornofgoodNewEngland,atLitchfield,Conn.SheisateacherofHartfordFemaleAcademyatthesametime;sheisalsoanactiveabolitionist.

ThebookrevolvesaroundasufferingslavesUncleTom'sthestory,anddescribedhimandaroundthemexperiencebothslavesandslaveholders.Thisdeeplysentimentalnoveldepictsthecruelessentiallyofslavery;andthattheChristianlovecanovercomeslaveryfellowhumanbeingsbroughtaboutthevariousinjuries.UncleTom’sCabinshockedthereadingpublicwithitsportrayalofanentiresocietycorruptedbyslavery—maleandfemale,freeandenslaved,enlightenedandbigoted,youngandold,educatedandignorant,northernandsouthern,blackandwhite.Thenovelrevealstheevileffectsoftheslavesystemoneveryoneittouches:

itcorruptspeoplewhoaregoodandnobleinotherrespectsintothebeliefthatslavesarenotfullyhuman.ReportedlygreetedbyAbrahamLincolnas"thelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatmadethisGreatWar"inan1862visittotheWhiteHouse.

Butinthedecadesafterit’spublished,theliterarycriticshavedeniedtheUncleTom'sCabinandothersentimentalnovelsshowofthisstyle,aliterarycriticsbelievesthatifthenovelandSlaverynoassociation,butitisacommonsentimentalfiction.However,in1985,JaneTompkinsinherlandmarkInSensationalDesigns:

TheCulturalWorkofAmericanFiction,abookhaschangedthisview.Tompkinswaspraisedothercriticswhorefusetorecognizedthesentimentalstyle,andsuggestedthatsentimentalnovelsshowwomen'semotionshavethepowertoimprovetheworld.Itisnotonlytheboosterofliterature,butalsothefuseofpolitical.itisthefoundationforsocialtransformationOntheotherhand,literaturecanalsobepoliticalinitsownwaytorespondtotheseresponsesmaybeunifiedandpolitics,itmaybeadifferenceofevenaboycott.Therefore,itwillmakeanobjectiveandimpartialanalysisoftheliteraryvalueandevaluationofUncleTom'sCabin.

2.TheOrigin