Reading Report
For Robinson Crusoe
. Introduction of This Book
Robinson Crusoe, is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719, it is sometimes considered to be the first novel in English. It is a story about Robinson Crusoe, he t sail on the a voyage in 1651,against the wishes of his parents. After a tumultuous journey, his ship wrecked in a storm, his lust for the a remained so strong that he t out to a again. This journey too ends in disaster and Crusoe became a slave. After 2 years of slavery, he was rescued by a captain of Portugue, with who help Crusoe became a owner of a plantation in Brazil. Robinson spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued.Years later, he joined an expedition to bring slaves from Africa but he was shipwrecked, his companions all died,saved himlf and three animals ---the captain’s dog and two cats. Then he became the lonely life in an isolated island. Years later, Crusoe save 品质方针
a prisoner, named him Friday. Crusoe then teached him English and converted him to Christianity. Four years later, they were rescued and returned to England. Crusoe lived on the uninhabited island for 28 years.
.About The Author
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) has been well known as the writer of Robinson Crusoe among readers of different generations all over the world. But this novel has often been taken as an adventure story by common readers, while critics usually emphasize its portrayal of the capitalist ambition during the beginning stage of the development of capitalism. Both groups of readers tend to overlook its religious, spiritual and moral aspects, which take up a large proportion of the novel. This thesis eks to explore the conflicts and also the possibility of reconciliation between two important sides of human existence as expresd in Robinson Crusoe: man as an economic being and man as a spiritual being, and concludes that, only under proper spiritual guidance can man achieve due material civilization with economic prosperity, while retaining a wholesome individuality. Therefore,
through his adventures Robinson is also undergoing a pilgrim’s spiritual progress. In his island life, faith not only helps him to retain his sanity and even reach deeply into his inner lf, but also helps him to learn how to explore economic potentials within “boundaries.” Modern western industrial civilization began with the eighteenth century England. The tension between one’s spiritual needs and one’s materialistic desires, as vividly developed in Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, remains an issue of great significance for our contemporary society. By giving Defoe’s novel a full-sided and in-depth analysis from unique perspectives, this thesis also makes its distinctive contributions to the eighteenth century English novel studies in China. While clo reading rves as the basic method for textual analysis, this thesis receives insights from theoretical perspectives such as Marxist and psychoanalytical, and especially benefits from Max Weber’s discussion of the interaction between “protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism,” with discussion of puritan ethnics and individualism also as a major background. This thesis divides its body into three parts. Part one analyzes Robinson Crusoe’s “original sin”—his sin in disobeying both his earthly father and his heavenly Father (God) in his restless desires of
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exploring adventures on the a, which referring to the background of puritan ethics, ri of individualism, and development of capitalism at the turn of the eighteenth century. It also demonstrates how Robinson Crusoe allows himlf to be enslaved by his endless desires for materialistic goods and thus gets endangered by various adventures, in one of which he gets actually enslaved; he also begins his lf-reflection in this fumbling process; Marxist perspective rves as an important background in its discussion. Part two and three, which are the most significant ctions, t forward the moving drama of Robinson Crusoe’s struggle to re-establish a true “lf” on the island, with his on-going lf-reflection and arch for “meanings” in life, finally achieving a balance between his spiritual life and his economic activities; his “stewardship” attitude towards God’s gifts on the island enables him to survive, and even to establish a “kingdom.” Defoe, with a writer’s insights and conscience, address tho important issues for a modern individual: desires, struggle, survival pressure, loneliness, and also efforts to transcend the problems, to achieve a better lf. Therefore, the prent study also hopes to help provoke thinking among Chine intellectuals concerning how to redress our problems created by off-balanced pursuits of materialistic interests.
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.Background Information
Social background
Great changes have taken place in 17th century and 18th century in British. Tho changes can be en from three aspects: politics, economy and culture.
In politics, British bourgeoisie was in the rising period in the 17th century and dissatisfied with feudalism. After a ries of revolutions, advanced political system had t up in British, which lays a foundation for its colonial activity. 除夕对联
In economy, British started industrial revolution in 17th and 18th century. With the development of industrial revolution, British need acquire more material and ek wider market to sale products. Colonial expansion caters for the need, which we can e from Robinson’s colonial activity.
In culture, the Enlightenment occurred in Western Europe in the 18th century. The English enlighteners were bourgeois democratic thinkers. They thought the chief means f
cpu供电接口or bettering the society was “enlightenment” or “education” for people. They believe their thoughts are advanced and they have the rights to educate other race. Perhaps this is one reason for Robinson’s cultural colonization.
花鸨. Writing Style
西班牙货币First, the first person narrative.
Novels adopted the first-person narrative, the narrative and describe all the events and situations, is the hero Robinson Crusoe saw, to the smell, feel, or personal thinking. As a result, the adventure of Robinson Crusoe story makes the reader feel novel, both think believable. Let readers em to experience personally and active into one novel. In Robinson was in the fight against the dia, for example, truly describes the "I" in pain from the body and mind of dual suffering and struggle. By "god punish me, no one can save me, who also won't be able to listen to my call and moaning. I refud the kindness of god, today is going to pay for my own behavior" such psychological confession, let the reader e that Robinson is mortal one, under the appearance of his strong like iron, also 猪肉干
has a soft and ntimental heart. Also let the reader as if, as it were, and leave deep impression.
Second, plain language.
The reader's understanding of the novel is not only related to content, structure, narrative, and is cloly related to the language of the novel. The novel's language is straightforward, with a lot of everyday language, narrative fluency, clarity of expression. The novel 'narrative, convenient and let all the reader can e understand. As the author wrote in Robinson's daily life, is to u simple words to account, such as: "busy all day the a on board, to take the ship's article", "to have a gun to the island in the morning, hit a ewe, the lamb of it home with me, but I do not eat, so we have to kill", "the box, board and board to ba on the raft, around me into a barrier", this kind of language can be more and more people understand the work, so as to expand the influence of the novel.
