Alevel英語文學解析：難道人在命運面前真的就無能為力了？

 

　　在Alevel英語文學課程中，經常會涉及到很多短篇小說的閱讀和理解。而提到短篇小說the necklace，相信大家并不陌生，沒錯，這篇小說我們在中學語文課本上看到過，文章被翻譯成了中文，大家還記得文章內容嗎？

　　今天A+國際教育李老師就帶大家一起來重溫這部經典的、耐人尋味的、令人驚訝的短篇小說，并且從Alevel英語文學的角度進行簡短的分析。

　　小說的作者是居伊·德·莫泊桑，19世紀后半葉法國批判現實主義作家，與俄國契訶夫和美國歐·亨利并稱為“世界三大短篇小說巨匠”。代表作品有《項鏈》《羊脂球》和《我的叔叔于勒》等。

　　故事情節(jié)回顧

　　故事開端

　　Set in Paris,France in 1880.A young middle-class woman dreams of a lifestyle far beyond her reach.One day,her husband comes home with tickets to attend a party,and she is excited to attend,but upset that she will look poor.

　　故事矛盾點

　　Mathilde Loisel is not wealthy,yet she dreams to be.Her husband gives her money to buy a dress,but she is not satisfied until she asks a wealthy friend for a necklace to borrow.

　　矛盾發(fā)展

　　Upon leaving she reaches for the necklace,and finds it missing.After days of searching,she and her husband decide to replace it with a one that looks identical.The replacement cost more money than they make,and it takes them ten years to pay it off.

　　故事高潮

　　After ten years of hard work and struggles,the couple pays off all their debts.

　　結局

　　One day Mathilde is walking to the market and sees the friend that she borrowed the necklace from.She decides to tell her what happened.The friend Mme.Forestier,tells Mathilde that the necklace was“false”,a fake.

　　主題探討

　　揭示了當時法國社會底層人民生活和精神的落寞，以及人生觀和價值觀對于人生經歷的影響。社會上道德淪喪，資產階級驕奢淫逸的糜爛生活和惟利是圖的道德觀念影響到整個社會，追求享樂追求虛榮，成為一種惡劣的社會風氣。

　　莫泊桑是一個悲觀主義者，小說最后主要是戲劇性地揭示出人在命運面前是無能為力的，最終人的一切理想追求和憧憬最終都會化為零。

　　語言賞析

　　She was one of those pretty and charming girls born,as if by an error of fate,into a family of clerks.She had no dowry,no expectations,no means of becoming known,understood,loved or wedded by a man of wealth and distinction;and so she let herself be married to a minor official at the Ministry of Education.

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