论乔治·爱略特《米德尔马契》中的决定论思想

On George Eliot's Middlemarch from the Deterministic Perspective

决定论认为万物皆有前因,但人对这种“前因”并非无能为力,而是具有主观能动性。以充满哲理的写作风格而著称的维多利亚女作家乔治·爱略特的作品充分展现了人类道德责任的决定论思想。她的决定论思想包括三方面,在小说人物塑造中表现出来。

Pessimism or fatalism of any kind does not exist in Eliot＇ s deterministic world of human interdependence and moral responsibility. Weighing the human willpower and the external social forces, Eliot believes that the two are interdependent, and what ensures of a life of happiness and fulfillment should be the temperance of egotism and a strong faith towards life. This paper reread her Middlemarch（1872） from a new perspective to observe Eliot＇ s deterministic views on human existence, social interactions, and human moral development.