斯托夫人汤姆叔叔的小屋中女性形象的塑造.docx

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斯托夫人汤姆叔叔的小屋中女性形象的塑造

斯托夫人汤姆叔叔的小屋中女性形象的塑造

摘要

斯托夫人笔下的《汤姆叔叔的小屋》是一部反奴隶制小说，这部小说关注奴隶制下，女性对社会的主要影响影响，描绘了女性自我牺牲的精神，她们通过传递基督教的爱去反对奴隶制、拯救社会。

小说中斯托夫人笔下的女性角色，虽然依靠男性的经济，但在道德上都比男性更进步。

女性是社会道德精神、家庭建设的主导支柱和力量。

本论文分析了几位温柔的女性，以及她们在遭受奴隶制所带来的残害时的反应。

同时也分析了小说中几位男性的形象，与女性形象形成鲜明的对比，体现了女性救赎是拯救社会必不可少的条件。

关键词斯托夫人汤姆叔叔的小屋女性救赎奴隶制

Abstract

HarrietBeecherStowe'sUncleTom'sCabinisananti-slaverynovel,butthisnovelisconcernedabouttheimpactofslaverytowomenandfamiliesandselfsacrificetofightagainstslaverysawellassavingtheworld.Inthenovel,thefemalerolesmostlyrelyonmeneconomically,butinthemoralleveltheymakemuchprogress.Thefemalecharactersarethedominantpowerandthesupportoftheirfamily,aswellasthespiritofsocialandmoralconstruction.Thisthesisanalyzesseveralgentlefemalecharactersandthereactionwhenwomensufferfromtheslavery.Atthesametime,thisthesisanalyzesseveralmalecharacters,whichareinsharpcontrasttofemalecharacters.Itexpressestheideathatfemaleredemptionisanessentialassetinthewayofsavingthesociety.

KeywordsHarrietBeecherStoweUncleTom'sCabinFemaleRedemption

slavery

1Introduction

UncleTom'sCabinnotonlydescribesthedifferentperformanceandcharactersoftheslaves,butalsodescribesthedifferenttypesofslaveowners.ThisnovelcanbesaidastheDeclarationagainstSlaveryintheUnitedStates.Criticsbelievedthatthisbookplayedamajorroleoninspiringthepeople’ssentimenttoobjecttotheslavery.ItisregardedasoneofthecausesoftheCivilWar,italsocalledonwomentostanduptodefendtheirrights.

1.1HarrietBeecherStoweandHerWork

HarrietBeecherStowewasoneofthemostinfluentialAmericanwritersinthenineteenthcentury.Shebelievedinreligionandcaredthesocialandmoralissues.ShelivedinthefreestateofCincinnati,itwasfarawayfromtheslavestates,whatoneseesandhearsslaves’miserablelifeinslavery.Shehatedcrueltortureandevilofslavery.Shesupportedslaves’heroicstruggle.Peopleandeventsshehadexperiencedmadeherwritethehumblingnovel—UncleTom'sCabin.

UncleTom'sCabinisananti-slaverynovel,butitisquitedifferentfromthestory,whichisbasedonthesufferingsofslaves.HarrietBeecherStowecriticizedtheslaveryinthebook,atthesametimeshealsovividlydepictedwomen'stenderness,love,compassionandloyalty──loyaltytofamily,anddescribedthereactionwhenthefemalesufferedtheslavery.ItexpressedthebestwishesthatStowetriedtoarousewomen’ssympathyintheUnitedStatesandcalledforthemtoobjecttoslaveryandsavedthewholesociety.Bymeansofanalyzingthespecificfeaturesofwomenandcomparingthedifferencesbetweenmenandwomen,thisthesischoseseveralcharacters,bothwomenandmen,toanalyzethereflectionoffemaleredemptioninthisnovel.

DuringtheprevalenceofslaveryintheUnitedStates,thetragedyoffamilyseparationandfamilybreakdownoccurredintheslavepopulation.In1850theFugitiveSlaveActpromulgated,itrecognizedthatNegroslavesweretheprivatepropertyofslaveownersundertheformoflawintheUnitedStates.TheFugitiveSlaveActwascrueltoslaves.Itdidnotallowthewhitepeopletosaverunawayslaves.Whilewomen,asaleadingforceinthemoralspiritoftheirfamilyandsociety,werebornwithlove.Thiskindofeventhadagreatshockatwomen’spsychology.Forwhitewomen,theywereeducated,theyacceptedChristiandoctrine,andtheywerekeenlyawareofthecrueltyofslavery.Itwascontrarytothemoralpersonality,thisconsciousnessalsomadewhitewomeninthedilemma.Ononehand,theywantedtohelptheslaves.Ontheotherhand,itmeantthattheywouldtakeariskofviolatingnationallaws.Nevertheless,underthepenofHarrietBeecherStowe,whitewomenmostlyconformedtotheinnercall,sotheybecameapowerfulforcetosavetheworldandchangethesocial.

1.2LiteratureReview

UncleTom'sCabinisaclassicliteratureoftheworld.Fromtheearly19thcentury,foreignscholarsbeganthestudyofUncleTom’sCabininadeepresearch,andwrotedownmanyresearchresults.Thefollowingsarefromdifferentanalyticalperspectives,whichinterpretandanalyzesomeviewpoints.

ReidMandyusedpsychologists’criticismtheorymethodstoanalyzeracialcharacteristicsoftheworkembodiedandfurtherexploreditsrelationshipbetweenAmericanhistoryandculture,sohereachedaconclusionthatthisworkreflectedtheevidenceofthisshiftinAmericanracialvaluesinthenineteenthcenturyaswellastheirbeliefs.Theyhighlypraisedrealwomen.Femalewasfamily-centered,andthedestructionofthefamilycausedbyslaverymadewomenbewillingtosacrificethemselvestofightagainstslaveryandeventuallysavedtheworld（ReidMandy,2008）.

ElizabethAmmonsandSpringerusedthemethodofcharacteranalysis.El