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1、AnalysisOnRomanticisminFrankenstein弗兰肯斯坦的浪漫主义元素分析摘要英国作家玛丽·雪莱是十八世纪末,十九世纪初英国浪漫主义文学不可忽略的人物。她在1818年发表了被誉为西方最早的科幻小说之一的《弗兰肯斯坦》,小说主人公弗兰肯斯坦是一位从事人的生命科学研究的学者。他创造了一个面目可憎,奇丑无比的怪物。这人造的怪物秉性善良,对人充满了善意和感恩之情。但是,当他处处受到他的创造者和人们的嫌恶和歧视时,他感到非常痛苦,他杀害了弗兰肯斯坦的弟弟,又企图谋害他的未婚妻。弗兰肯斯坦怀着满腔怒火追
2、捕他所创造的恶魔般的怪物,最后和怪物同归于尽。对《弗兰肯斯坦》的解读有很多,从早期传记的研究、女权主义分析、到人性批评等,不一而足。本论文从作者的生活经历、家庭背景、创作意义以及当时的文学背景分析浪漫主义思想在其小说中的体现,更结合小说中的怪物形象进行分析,通过对其中浪漫主义意象的剖析,反映出作者与浪漫主义运动的深厚感情,以及小说本身与浪漫主义的内在联系。【关键词】浪漫主义创作背景人性怪物AbstractMaryShelleywasanimportantliteraryfigureinthenineteenth-c
3、enturyBritishRomanticism.In1818,shepublishedFrankenstein,oneofthefirstsciencefictionsinwesternliterature.Doctor,theheroofthenovel,wasalifescienceresearchscholar.Hesoughttocreateartificiallife,aterrifying,uglymonster.Atfirst,thisman-mademonsterwaskind,fullofhum
4、ankindnessandgratitude.ButlaterhekilledthebrotherofthedoctorandattemptedtomurderFrankenstein'sfiancee.Withgreatandagony,Frankensteinchasedthemonsterandfinallytheydiedtogether.Thenovelhasattractedawidevarietyofinterpretations,rangingfromearlierbiographicalstudy
5、,tothefeministcriticsandhumannatureanalysis.ThethesisanalyzestheRomanticismelementsinthenovelfromtheaspectsofwriter’slifeexperience,familybackgroundandmeaningofcreation,aswellassomeRomanticimages,especiallythemonster.Throughtheanalysis,thethesisdrawstheconclus
6、ionthatthewriterhassomedeepemotionwithRomanticMovementandFrankensteinhascloseandimpliedlinkwithRomanticism.Keywords:RomanticismcreationbackgroundhumannaturemonsterI.IntroductionMaryShelley,bornAugust30,1797,wasaprominent,thoughoftenoverlooked,literaryfiguredur
7、ingtheRomanticEraofEnglishLiterature.ShewastheonlychildofMaryWollstonecraft,thefamousfeminist,andWilliamGodwin,aphilosopherandnovelist.ShewasalsothewifeofthepoetPercyByssheShelley.Shewasbornin1797andwasafemalewriterinLondon.In1816,shegotmarriedwithPercyByssheS
8、helley,whowasafamousRomanticpoetin19thcentury.FrankensteinisanovelbyMarryShelley.IttellsthestoryofDr.Frankensteinandhisquesttocreateintelligentlife,withdireconsequences.Ithashadsig