“自利”的符号意义——评丹尼尔·笛福的《摩尔·弗兰德斯》

Semiological Significance of Self-interest in Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

深受托马斯.霍布斯道德哲学的影响,笛福将霍布斯的"自利"理念运用到小说人物的塑造和主题的表现上,使其具有了独特的符号意义。从自我保存、身份重塑和道德重构等角度透视《摩尔.弗兰德斯》中摩尔"自利"性格的符号意义,对于探究当时英国下层女性的生存境况、道德状况和普遍存在的人性的复杂皆有重要意义。

Profoundly influenced by Thomas Hobbes＇ moral philosophy, Daniel Defoe employs Hobbes＇ s concept of self - interest into the characterization and demonstration of themes. This concept therefore ob- tains unique semiological significance in a specific historical context. Exploiting its semiological signifi- cance in self - preservation, identity refashioning and morality reconstruction of Moll in Moll Flanders will greatly facilitate our endeavors in probing the living and moral conditions of working - class at that time and the complexity of human nature.