论18世纪英国小说传统及其浪漫主义转向

The Tradition and Literary Turn to Romanticism of the 18th Century English Novels

18世纪英国小说的繁荣可谓是英国文学史上的一次文艺复兴。这一时期的小说家不仅成果硕然,而且风格多样。前期的小说传统包括流浪汉小说、全景式小说及书信体小说,以现实主义为特征,而后期的小说传统则包括感伤主义小说和哥特式小说,以浪漫主义为特征。本文就各小说传统的特点及影响展开综合性论述并通过挖掘前期与后期小说传统的差异与联系说明英国小说从现实主义转向浪漫主义既是文学自身发展的需要,也是哲学嬗变在文学上的要求。

The 18th century English novel, as a renaissance in British literary history, embraces a great many authors with grand achievements and diverse genres. The first half of this century saw the picaresque tradition, the panoramic tradition, and the epistolary tradition featuring realism, while the second half of this century the sentimental tradition and the gothic tradition featuring romanticism. This thesis expatiates comprehensively on the traits and influences of every tradition, and, by delving into their differences and connections, manifests that the literary turn from realism to romanticism is not merely the demand of self- development of literature but also that of the changing philosophical impact on literature.