十八世纪英国小说中的海外题材与商人贸易

Overseas Theme and Merchant Commerce in British Novels of the 18^(th) Century

18世纪是英国海外贸易蓬勃发展的时期,与之呼应,在文学领域出现了以笛福为代表的盛极一时的航海小说。它是对英国海外贸易成就的文学再现,对英国作家和民众具有强大的吸引力,也是英国人茶余饭后喜闻乐见的谈资。作家们在小说里生动呈现了财富效应诱发下商人海外贸易的艰辛历程,对英国商人所表现出的奋争精神和经商技巧进行由衷赞美,更以丰富的笔墨描写了充满异国情调的海外见闻。本文力图将这一文学现象还原到当时的历史背景中去进行解读,以使我们了解那一段充满未知性的历史和充满激情的动荡岁月。

The 18th century was one of the most vigorous periods of British overseas commerce. In this foundation, the prosperous sea novels have appeared in the field of literature, by represented Defoe. It is the literary achievement of reproduction to British overseas commerce, which has strong appeal to the British writers and citizens. The British love to see and hear at one＇ s leisure. The writers paint a vividly hard process of businessmen overseas commerce in the novel, which is shown on British businessman striving spirit and business skills for the heartfelt praise, and describe more ink on the exotic overseas experience. This paper tries to restore this literary phenomenon to the historical background of the time, so that we understand that for some unknown his- tory and passionate tumultuous years.