复合视角下英文小说《北方与南方》主题解读

Interpretation of the Theme of the English Novel North and South from a Composite Perspective

英国作家伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔的《北方与南方》把经济落后的南方与工业发达的北方进行对比,描述英国南方美丽的田园生活与北方的工业革命之间的巨大差异,深入地表现英国的工业革命所引起的诸多变化和冲突(包括劳资斗争、信仰危机和价值观冲突)。其与《玛丽·巴顿》有相通之处,体现了作者对社会问题的洞察,以及促进社会的不同阶级相互了解并和解的意愿。作为一位杰出的女作家,盖斯凯尔总是关注她作品中女性的生存状态,关注工业社会中妇女社会地位和女性意识。

Elizabeth Geisker＇s North and South contrasts the economically backward south with the industrialized north, describing the great differences between the beautiful pastoral life of the South and the Industrial revolution in the north, which deeply characterize the many changes and conflicts caused by the British Industrial Revolution （including Labour struggles, Conflict of beliefs and values）. It has something in common with Mary Barton, reflecting the author＇s insight into social problems and his willingness to promote mutual understanding and reconciliation among different social classes. As an outstanding woman writer, Gaskell always pays close attention to the living conditions of women in her works, and to the social status and consciousness of women in industrial society.