艾略特小说的希腊悲剧式结构

A Study of the Greek Tragic Structure of George Eliot's Novels

乔治·艾略特是英国19世纪著名的批判现实主义女作家。她的小说主要描写英国中部的乡村生活,书中的人物及其命运浮沉成为转型期英国社会的一个缩影。1860年出版的长篇小说《弗洛斯河上的磨房》,被公认为是一部自传体性质的小说,是艾略特的代表作;1872年发表的《米德尔马契》则被认为是她创作生涯的巅峰之作。两部小说采用了希腊悲剧式的结构,分别讲述了三位主人公悲剧性的人生境遇,生动再现并深刻批判了19世纪英国乡村的社会现实,两部作品堪称形式与内容的完美结合。

George Eliot was a critical realism woman British novelist of the 19 th century whose works mainly described the rural life in mid-England.The characters＇ ups and downs in novels is a microcosm of the society.The Mill on the Floss published in 1860 is an autobiographical novel and regarded as Eliot＇s masterpiece.Middlemarch published in 1872 is considered the peak of her writing career.By employing Greek tragic structure in narrating three protagonists＇ tragic lives,Eliot vividly represented and satirically criticized the reality of English rural society in 19 th century.Thus the two novels demonstrate a perfect combination of form and content.