一封写满文化符码的信——文化研究视域下的《帕梅拉》

A letter full of cultural signs: Pamela from the perspective of cultural studies

18世纪初的英国社会形势在经历了"光荣革命"的更迭动荡后趋于平缓。但从笛福到理查逊的短短20年间,社会发展日新月异。仆役阶层的兴起,室内建筑布局变革带来景观革命,书信小说的发展,道德改良运动趋于困顿等社会现象都可以从理查逊《帕梅拉》一封包涵众多文化符码的信中找到不可多得的线索。

Early in the eighteenth century,the social situation of England,which went through the Gloary Revolution,came to a balanced yet stable level. However,within the twenty years from the generation of Daniel Defoe to Samuel Richardson,the British society saw dramatic changes including the bloom of servant class,the landscape revolution accompanying the indoor decoration development,the raise of epistolary novel,the dilemma of moral refinement movements. All these phenomena can be traced from the letters of Richardson,namely,Pamela,within which numerous cultural signs have been embodied.