论福斯特的“意大利小说”中圆形人物和扁平人物——以小说《天使不敢涉足的地方》为例

On Flat Characters and Round Characters in Forster's "Italian Novels"——A Case Study of Where Angels Fear to Tread

福斯特的第一部小说《天使不敢涉足的地方》和第三部小说《看得见风景的房间》被合称为"意大利小说"。文章主要是运用福斯特在《小说面面观》中提出的分析小说人物的理论,即圆形人物和扁平人物的理论,解读《天使不敢涉足的地方》中的人物形象。通过对小说中主要人物形象的分析,揭示其作品中体现出的英国中产阶级"发育不良的心灵"这一主题。

Where Angels Fear to Tread and A Room with a View were regarded as Edward Morgan Forster＇s ＂Italian novels＂. The thesis analyzes the characters in Where Angels Fear to Tread with the theory of flat characters and round characters proposed by Forster in the Aspects of the Novel to reveal the theme of ＂underdeveloped heart＂ of British middle class.