《飘》小说的英语读后感(通用7篇)
《飘》以南北战争的南方社会为背景,以郝思嘉的三次婚姻为主线,谱写了一部壮美动人的爱情史诗。
1861年美国南北战争前夕,佐治亚州种植园主的女儿郝思嘉,听说心上人卫希礼即将与别人结婚,一气之下嫁给了自己不爱的查理。后来查理参军,不到两个月就在军营里病故了。1864年,北军包围亚特兰大,郝思嘉在白瑞德船长的帮助下逃回老家。可是老家田园荒芜,遭人洗劫,亲人相继病逝。思嘉为了筹到农庄的地产税,不惜勾引妹妹的未婚夫甘扶澜,“嫁”给了300美元。她后来差点被人__,甘扶澜、卫希礼等人前去报仇,结果差点丢了命,多亏白瑞德相救,但甘扶澜还是被打死了。第三次婚姻,思嘉嫁给了有钱的白瑞德。两人虽过着奢侈无忧的生活,可她仍然忘不了卫希礼。直到女儿出生思嘉都依旧没有忘记卫希礼。女儿死后,爱她的媚兰也因小产死去了。媚兰死去的那一瞬间,思嘉恍然大悟,卫希礼既不爱她,又懦弱无能,无法在社会中生存;而白瑞德才是真正爱她的人,对她百般宠爱,为她不顾自己的生死,甚至为了不让她伤心,救了她的老情人……但此时,白瑞德已离她而去。郝思嘉决心要挽回瑞德,因为此时她依然年轻美丽,更重要的是,她懂得了爱。
起初我读这本书时,我认为郝思嘉是个敢于追求的女子,后来看到她贪婪虚荣、为了钱不择手段时,我对她的好感荡然无存。当感情与金钱利益冲突时,她毅然选择了金钱,为此甚至把终生幸福当儿戏。但读到她用双手挽回农场,用斤斤计较赚来的钱换来自己与朋友们的生存时,我眼眶湿了。或许她的“不择手段”是不得已的“权宜之计”,都是为了生存。确实如此,在那个动荡的年代,一个弱女子根本无法养活一个大家庭,也保不住祖辈留下来的基业。她为了自己和朋友在社会中生存,牺牲了自己的青春和幸福。不过正是因为她认为婚姻是一场交易,所以当真爱来临时,她没有珍惜,只顾追求那只会给她痛苦的卫希礼,只顾得利用白瑞德的爱作为自保和赚钱的工具。当她想要珍惜时,爱已不复存在。郝思嘉用双手和婚姻换来了生存和财富,却丢失了人生中最宝贵的东西……
倔强的郝思嘉是美国战后精神的象征。她爱土地,并像土地一样承受苦难,饱含激情……这使我联想到了“爱国”两个字。《飘》中其实蕴含了美国那种自强不息、默默反抗的爱国精神。郝思嘉的爱国精神是“阴柔”的,坚定不屈。而中国的爱国精神则是“阳刚”的,体现的是像黄继光、董存瑞那样的勇于为国牺牲。若是我们既拥有中国的爱国精神,又拥有美国的爱国精神,刚柔结合;在国家和谐的时候,做好自己的本分,不做社会的包袱;在国家困苦的时候,自强自爱,支持国家;在国家**时,试着帮助国家分忧,共同打击恶势力;在国家战乱时,全力打击敌人,做好国家的精神后盾……那我们的国家一定会昌盛繁荣、日渐强大!若是人人都如此爱国,那还有什么可怕的呢?
美国小说《飘》的作者玛格丽特·米切尔成书是在中年以后, 青春逝去的女人以极大的深情怀想起年轻的岁月, 而她年轻的岁月应该是美国南方奴隶制最好的岁月。小说开始是对南方牧场红土地的描写。此时的红土地是富饶, 丰收的象征, 也为斯卡利特对家乡红土地的热爱做了铺垫:
这是一片原始的红土地, 雨后呈血红色, 干旱时呈砖屑一样的颜色, 是世界上最好的棉花产地。这是一片令人心旷神怡的土地, 有白色的房子, 平整的耕地和缓缓流动的黄色的河流, 但这也是一片反差极大的土地, 有明亮的阳光和幽暗的阴影。清理过的种植场和连绵的棉花田, 对着温暖的太阳微笑, 平和而满足。【1】
斯卡利特初次登场:雪白的肌肤, 双眉是两道惹眼的斜线, 绿色的眼睛像猫一样诱惑, 穿着新做的裙子, 和汤家双胞兄弟座在自家庄园的廊下, 周围开满了白色的山茱萸。他们都年轻、富有、精力充沛而无所事事, 除了玩乐, 就是谈情说爱。同时, 汤家的两兄弟在向她争庞, 她却盘算着如何跟自己的心仪之人私奔。当斯卡利特听到心爱的阿希礼要与别人订婚时, 仿佛周围的花儿、太阳, 都和她的心情一样暗淡下去, 作者此处巧妙地将人物心理与自然环境结合起来:
有一瞬间, 仿佛太阳隐进了冷冷的云层, 让阴影笼罩了整个世界, 万物失去光彩。嫩绿的树叶看起来病怏怏的, 山茱萸惨白了, 多花海棠树一分钟前还是那么美丽的粉红色, 现在已凋零了, 枯萎了。【2】
当斯卡利特来到战前亚特兰大时, 是一个繁华喧嚣的小镇, 充满生机, 与斯卡利特的性格相似, 此时的亚特兰大还没受到战争的影响:
那座小城消失了, 这座快速壮大的城市的面貌由于干劲无穷, 忙碌不堪而充满生机。看到如此忙碌的景象让斯卡利特几乎喘不过气来, 可她喜欢这样, 她过惯了悠闲安静的日子, 觉得这里的一切很新鲜。这地方有一种令人兴奋的气氛让她振作。仿佛她真的感觉到了这座城市的心脏与她自己的心脏同时有节奏地快速跳动着。【3】
随着故事情节的发展, 战争中斯卡利特惊慌失措时迫切地想要回到家乡去, 对家乡思恋无比。家是她的精神依靠, 是她的寄托:
家!那所占地很广的白色宅院, 白色的窗帘随风飘拂, 三叶草茂盛的草坪上蜜蜂在忙碌, 黑人小男孩坐在门前台阶上嘘着鸭子和火鸡, 不让它们靠近花圃, 静谧的红土地, 绵延数里的棉花在阳光下一片雪白!家!【4】
战争中, 北方军队占领亚特兰大, 大炮在轰隆, 爆炸声此起彼伏, 而斯卡利特为了照顾梅拉妮甘愿留在这里, 但她的内心依然害怕:
正当她坐在那儿竖起耳朵听市区的声音时, 一片微弱的亮光在树梢升起。她迷惑了。她看着那火光越来越亮。黑暗的天空被映成粉红色, 然后是暗红色, 突然就卷到了树梢, 她看见一条巨大的火舌忽地一蹿而起, 直冲天宇。她跳将起来, 心又开始怦怦地狂跳。【5】
斯卡利特和瑞特带着梅拉妮和孩子冲出封锁线时的环境描写, 战火纷飞, 场面宏大:
他们进了这条隧道。火光以十二倍于太阳的炫目光亮刺着他们的眼睛, 灼人的热气炙烤着他们的皮肤, 劈劈啪啪的巨大声浪冲击着他们的耳膜, 仿佛他们要在这火海中煎熬一个世纪似的, 然后在突然回到半明半暗的夜色中。【6】
当斯卡利特重返塔拉庄园时路上, 此时南方庄园的繁华已不在, 到处都是废墟, 南方文明已经随风而逝:
空气中弥漫着死亡的气味。在夕阳的映照下, 每一片熟悉的田野和树林都是翠绿的, 寂静的, 这不详的安静使得斯卡利特不由得心生恐怖。他们所经过的每一幢弹痕累累, 空无一人的房子, 每一根像哨兵似地矗立在烧毁的废墟上的烟囱, 都使她越发恐惧。【7】
作者通过对景观空间的叙述, 透射出女主人公对美好生活的向往。故事始终有一种凄凉的调子, 看似写斯卡利特个人的命运, 实则是写整个南方社会随着南北战争的结束, 旧有的贵族生活“随风而逝”。而斯卡利特那句著名的“明天又是新的一天”成为了新女性面对人生的一句口号。
美国后现代地理学家爱德华·W·苏贾 (Soja) 指出:“空间是一种语境假定物, 而以社会为基础的空间性是社会组织和生产人造的空间……空间在其本身也许是原始赐予的, 但空间组织和意义却是社会变化、社会转型和社会经验的产物。”【8】在这种文学景观书写中, 环境获得了能动的力量, 成为建构人物和情节的力量。正如理论家所讲的那样“背景又可以是庞大的决定力量, 环境被视为某种物质的或社会的原因, 个人对它是很少有控制力量的。哈代笔下的爱顿荒原或辛克莱·刘易斯笔下那个赞聂斯地方就是这样的例子。巴黎、伦敦和纽约等大城市在许多现代小说中都是被当作最性格化的真实的地点来描写的”。【9】美国小说《飘》的作家对景观的叙述是一种无意识叙述。这种无意识的景观叙述渗透在人物的成长、情节的更迭之中让读者读出了景观与人物性格、小说主题的关联。
摘要:美国小说《飘》的作家对景观的叙述是一种无意识叙述。这种无意识的景观叙述渗透在人物的成长、情节的更迭之中让读者读出了景观与人物性格、小说主题的关联。
关键词:空间,《飘》,景观叙述
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[8]、 (美) 爱德华.W.苏贾:《后现代地理学——重申批判社会理论中的空间》, 王文斌译, 商务印书馆2004年版, 第120——121页。
I first read it in a summer. I did not finish it at a single sitting. However, the moment I finished it, near midnight in a sweltering August day, with my body poured with sweat, held my breath to turn the last page over, shut the book and hea一ved a sigh of relief, I just could not express how I felt. All were over: trouble was over; lives were over; hopes were over. I was shocked how such a small book could contain such a complicated story. Never were wars, diseases and starvation ever nakedly exposed to me like this. The turns in plots were surprising but natural.
It was a tragedy: Just as its name suggested, everything was gone with the wind, including families’ touch, friends’ support, sweethearts’ gaze and youth with vigour. The story reminds us of valuing all we were possessing. A life lasts for a short time and anything in it lasts shorter. We always lose something unconsciously and then feel regretful when we need them later.
Characters in the story were so vivid as if they had been going to jump out of the story, as if they had been existed in the real life at first.
“Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for ‘this the only thing in this world that lasts, and don’t you be forgetting it’ this the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for——worth dying for.” Said Gerald, an Irish man who loved his soil more than his own life, let us know that life can be born out of land.
“But Scarlett, did it ever occur to you that even the most deathless love could wear out? Mine wore out, against Ashley Wilkes and your insane obstinacy that makes you hold on like a bulldog to anything you think about.”
“Scarlett, I was never one to patient pick up broken fragment glue them together and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken——and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.” Said Rett Butler, a man who love Scalett as much as a man can love a woman. Loving her for years before he finally got her, he loved her crazily but did not let her know it for fear of being hurt. But at last he still could not escape from hurts. “My dear, I don’t give a damn.” Look, he did not care about it at all. He was a man who disguised himself so much.
“I mustn’t bawl; I mustn’t beg. I mustn’t do anything risk his contempt. He must respect me even——even if he doesn’t love me.”
“I’ll think of it all tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I’ll think some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
Said Scalett O’hara, the most wonderful woman I’ve ever seen. She was hard and greedy and unscrupulous, a bra一ve, frightened, bull-headed child. Though she only thought about how to attract man’s attention and did not do anything useful before the war, she did surprise me when I read about her doings after the war. At that time, her Tara was just reduced to ashes. Everyone sketched out their hands and asked her for food. She bra一vely faced the reality and rebuilt Tara with her own hands. What a tough woman, I thought. Though those she loved were all gone, she was still full of hope. When Rett didn’t love her anymore and wanted to lea一ve her, she said “I mustn’t bawl… even if he doesn’t love me.” A woman’s dignity could be seen from what she ha一ve said and done. That’s why I appreciate her.
This novel ga一ve me too much to think about and I can not fully express myself in English. It is true that reading an origin is more vivid than the translated ones. However, my English level limits me to understand the origin well without the translated. But I will work hard in order to understand better.
The novel is my treasure, forever, because I find myself in Scarlett and find the world I live in inside the story.
That’s really an excellent novel, with an ending from which you can see hope rising from despair.
历史背景
美国南北战争摧毁了佐治亚乃至整个南方的经济,黑奴重新获得自由,昔日奴隶主养尊处优的`好时光随风而逝,飘得远远的。为了生存,他们必须放下臭架子,努力奋斗,不然只有死路一条,连亚兰大上流社会的中坚分子也不得不降贵屈尊,卖糕饼的卖糕饼,赶马车的赶马车。
时代背景
Of course, I saw not only the bumpy fate of scarlett, but also the distress and the hardships of life at the time of the war. I read about people fighting for the death list, some tears of joy, some pain. The extreme face left a deep impression on me. Scarlett several people after days more painful, when the yankees to fight against to scarletts small town, she asked for his ”rival“ Melanie midwives, follow after rhett face dusty, no image with the newly production Melanie and a black girl back to her tara. But there was no grand architecture, no money, not even the most basic food and drink. This time, I saw another scarlett, although no before the outbreak of the war she was still a capricious, selfish, not big miss, but now the perfect in my eyes is not as other novel heroine now surprisingly strong. She took up the burden of eating and drinking, taking care of Melanie, the servant, and the father who had dementia. I know that her favorite mother died of cholera. The mental and physical blows that made this spectator look so painful. The despair is from scarletts heart, even the word spread to my mood - scarlett needed by his own power used up all the way the family to eat and drink and not persecuted by the war. Shes not a soldier, but shes also going to kill her.
Under the necessity of life, scarlett had to marry another man she did not love for three hundred dollars. , at that time the society really messy, just like the name of the book - ”gone with the wind“, as if for a moment scarlett happy life by war disrupted, all broken down, and go with the wind, all people are forced to face the harsh reality. As again immersed in their own past, in the murky societies will be like the dead in the war, pulp, scarred, can no longer be back with family members said: ”Im back.“
In a closely connected story, I was attracted by the tortuous love story and the reality of life and death. More importantly, I saw a womans recalcitrant, brave, a war of terror, the destruction of people. Novel reveals the authors sympathy of slave owners, the disappointment of post-war reconstruction and the old system and the slave owners be regret of the past years, and by war, scarlett and rhett I saw love. It was just that, to my sigh, scarlett had hurt rhett in the end, and she still let rhett leave because she still loved ASHLEY. When she knew she loved rhett, rhett was no longer with her.
Thankfully, scarlett kept her own unique piece of the positive, and she said, ”leave it to tomorrow.“ Anyway, tomorrow is another day... ”Scarletts strong, undejected spirit gave me endless reflections. Vivid characters, deep thinking, and overwhelmed plot, which is the charm of this book, is not boring. If you think about it, you will always feel that the story and the woman named scarlett o hara are touching.
在这本书中,最令我震撼和感动的是在面对一个个挫折和打击时,郝思嘉直面现实不畏困难的精神。亚特兰大失陷,郝思嘉一心盼望着回到温暖的家,当她千辛万苦回到塔拉时,不得不面对对她的又一打击:最疼爱她的母亲去世,父亲因受不了打击精神失常,被洗劫一空的家,老老少少十多口等待着吃饭,生活的重担一下子压在她的身上。过去是多么安逸的生活,现在留给她的只有战争带来的伤害和洗劫一空的塔拉。巨大的落差与失望并没有打垮她,而是使她更加坚强,她把眼泪留给了自己,逼迫自己柔嫩的内心化为坚固的铠甲。在一个寒冷漆黑的夜晚,喝了点酒的郝思嘉躺在床上,不断想着她今后的生活,明天、明天还有许多事情去做,她要继承家族的使命,把最不幸的变成最美好的,现在的塔拉就是她的命运,她奋斗的所在,她必须攻克他。看到这些,我不由得心疼这个姑娘,所有的一切只得由她来承受。在塔拉那段艰苦的日子,在曝晒的阳光下,她亲自下地摘棉花,拎着篮子在烈日下到邻居废弃的果园里挖剩下的蔬菜,甚至为了生存杀了一个前来偷盗的士兵。在塔拉受到要挟时,她又不惜牺牲自己,嫁给了妹妹的男朋友,却也受到许多指责,救了水深火热之中的塔拉。
通过书中详细具体的刻画,我为郝思嘉不畏艰难,坚强面对和执着的勇气所感动,在带给我心灵感染的同时,她和白瑞德一波三折的爱情之路也让人唏嘘。一开始白瑞德是让郝思嘉所讨厌的形象,他好像能看透郝思嘉的心思,永远在戏弄和挑逗郝思嘉,在郝思嘉最需要帮助的时候,他又倾尽所有来帮助她。后来经历了重重坎坷,白瑞德娶到了郝思嘉,他对郝思嘉有着赤热的爱,却因为郝思嘉一次次对卫希礼的爱意让他终于决定放手。其实郝思嘉意识到自己爱的人是白瑞德时,他已经离去,但结局最后尽管郝思嘉伤心难过,但她想把他从新追回来。人们总在失去时,才知道珍惜。珍惜现在所拥有的东西也是《飘》带给我的另一个启示。
“明天又是另外一天了”这是郝思嘉坚信着的。她一生坎坷,却从不放弃,总是坚强面对。这正是这本小说所传递给我的精神,也是《飘》的魅力所在。读《飘》、读郝思嘉、读她带给读者的精神!
评价理论自发展起就引起了国内外学者的广泛研究。迄今为止, 我国的学者不仅将评价理论的理论框架陆续介绍到中国, 而且将评价理论广泛应用于分析各种语篇, 比如书评语篇、广告语篇、学术论文语篇、新闻报刊语篇、文学语篇等, 及翻译和英语教学的实践当中。
小说《飘》已被从不同的角度用不同的方法研究过, 比如从文学、哲学、政治等角度进行大量的研究, 但是小说作为文学体裁的一类, 所有这些研究都未脱离文学角度研究的范畴, 而本文作者主要从语言学角度出发, 运用评价系统中的态度子系统对其第六十二章的态度资源作出评价和分析。
1 态度系统概述
态度系统是对人的情感、行为以及事物的价值作出评价, 包含三个语义域:情感系统, 判断系统和鉴赏系统。 (Martin&White, 2008:35)
1.1 情感系统
情感系统是态度系统的核心内容, 属于心理学范畴, 是作者/讲话者行为、文本/过程及现象的反应和感受。 (单慧芳, 丁素萍, 2006:14) 一般而言, 情感评价有积极情感评价和消极情感评价, 直接情感评价和隐含情感评价的区分。
Martin按情感内容分类, 将情感分为:有/无意愿, 幸福/不幸福, 安全/不安全, 满意/不满意四类。 (Martin&White, 2008:51)
1.2 判断系统
判断系统属于伦理学范畴, 是评价者根据伦理道德的标准来评价语言使用者的行为。 (单慧芳, 丁素萍, 2006:14) 可分为“社会评判”和“社会约束”。社会评判是从“规范”、“才干”和“韧性”三方面对人的个性和行为作出评判, 社会约束是从“诚实”和“妥当”两方面对人的个性和行为作出评判。
1.3 鉴赏系统
鉴赏系统属于美学范畴, 是评价者对事物的价值, 不仅包括人类创造的事物而且包括自然现象的价值作出的评价。一般而言, 鉴赏是从对“事物的反应”、“该物的构成”、“该物的价值”三个角度入手对事物作出评价。
2 语料来源
小说《飘》是美国女作家玛格丽特·米歇尔一生仅有的一部作品, 被认为是美国通俗小说最伟大的文学作品之一。该小说基于美国内战以女主人公斯嘉丽特的爱情为主线描述了她在战争影响下的一系列成长变化。小说《飘》在1936年第一次印刷出版时就以一年两百万的畅销量成为出版界的佳话。但是, 美国文学界却因为它与传统纯文学背道而驰而一直保持沉默, 直到20世纪90年代早期, 伴随着文学革命的发生, 小说《飘》才渐渐地成为学者们的研究中心。
小说第六十二章是描写女主人公斯嘉丽特爱情的一个转折点。作者在该章节用大量的心理描写和环境描写描述了斯嘉丽特在好友媚兰妮死后复杂的心情, 有着丰富的态度资源, 因此在本论文中, 作者将运用评价理论中的态度系统对其作出评价和分析。
3 情感资源分析
正如上文所提到的, 情感系统阐释了人的感情, 评价者对情感的评价有积极评价也有消极评价。当作者/讲话者感到高兴/幸福时, 倾向于使用积极词汇来表达其内心的感情, 而感到不高兴/不幸福时, 倾向于使用消极词汇来表达内心的情感。本文将从情感系统的四个次范畴:有/无意愿, 幸福/不幸福, 安全/不安全, 满意/不满意对所选语料进行评价和分析。
在分析过程中, 作者将用符号“+”表示肯定, “-”表示否定。比如“+inclination”表示有意愿, “-inclination”表示无意愿, 以此类推。
3.1“情感:意愿”分析
有/无意愿指人们做某事的意愿或倾向。在小说第六十二章中, 有大量的语句是关于“情感:意愿”描写的。比如:
1) “I mustn't (affect:-inclination) cry in front of them", she thought.I mustn't (affect:-inclination) break now or they'll (affect:+inclination) begin crying too, and then the darkies will (affect:+in⁃clination) begin screaming and we'll (affect:+inclination) and go mad.I must (affect:+inclination) pull myself together.There's so much I'll (affect:+inclination) have to do.”
这段话出自斯嘉丽特在媚兰妮去世后拒绝和别人说话的时候的一段心理描写。斯嘉丽特连用两个表示强烈否定意义的情态动词“mustn't”, 从句子表面上看她没有要哭的意愿, 并不意味着她不伤心, 恰恰相反, 她通过使用否定词汇来极力压制自己内心真正的情感, 因为她要在所有人面前表示出自己的坚强, 从而表达了斯嘉丽特坚强理智的一面, 也间接表达了她内心因媚兰妮的死而极其悲痛的消极情感态度;接着斯嘉丽特连用三个表示肯定意义的情态动词“will”直接表达大家因媚兰妮的逝世而伤心的消极情感态度;最后斯嘉丽特分别用两个表示肯定意义的情态动词“must”和“will”来表达自己极力想要振作起来的强烈意愿, 进一步表明她遇事坚强理智的性格特点。
2) “I will (affect:+inclination) tell him everything, "she thought, "he will understand.He's always understood.I'll (affect:+inclination) tell him what a fool I've been and how much I love him and I'll (affect:+inclination) make up it to him.”
这段话中, 斯嘉丽特连用三个表示肯定意义的情态动词“will”, 表达自己将要回家告诉瑞特她自己以前没看清爱情的愚蠢行为和现在她意识到自己爱他以及要报答他对她的爱的意愿, 这种积极的肯定的意愿表明斯嘉丽特从媚兰妮的死中醒悟过来, 明白了自己真正爱的人是瑞特, 进一步说明斯嘉丽特对瑞特的积极情感态度。
3.2“情感:幸福”分析
幸福/不幸福指人们内心是否感到高兴或快乐。在本章节中作者运用大量的语言来描写斯嘉丽特在媚兰妮去世后的情感态度, 以此来说明斯嘉丽特内心是否“幸福”。比如:
1) “I mustn’t cry (affect:+happiness) in front of them, ”she thought.“I mustn’t break (affect:+happiness) now or they’ll begin crying (affect:-happiness) too, and then the darkies will begin screaming and we’ll all go mad.
从这段心理描写中我们可看出尽管斯嘉丽特连用两个否定词汇“mustn’t”来否定“cry”和“break”, 但这并不意味着她心里感到开心, 相反她在极力压制自己内心真正的悲伤的情感, 而接下来的动词“cry”直接表达大家内心伤心的消极情绪, 从而表明大家因媚兰妮的死而内心悲痛的消极情感态度, 即内心“不幸福”。
2) “I love (affect:+happiness) him, ”she thought and, as al⁃ways, she accepted the truth with little wonder, as a child accepting a gift.“I don’t know how long I’ve loved (affect:+happiness) him but it’s true.
She had to lose them all to realize that she loved (affect:+hap⁃piness) Rhett—loved (affect:+happiness) him because he was strong and unscrupulous, passionate and earthy, like herself.
这几段话描写的是斯嘉丽特从媚兰妮的死中意识到真正爱自己的人是瑞特, 而自己一直以来爱的人也是瑞特。作者用动词“love”直接表达斯嘉丽特爱瑞特的积极情感态度, 说明此刻斯嘉丽特因自己爱瑞特而感到“幸福”。
3.3“情感:安全”分析
安全/不安全指周围环境是否使自己内心平和。本章中, 作者运用了大量的语言来描写斯嘉丽特对环境作出的情感反应。比如:
1) ...All that mattered in the world had gone out of it, life was in ruins and panic (affect:-security) howled through her heart like a cold wind.The horror (affect:-security) that was in the mist and was the mist laid hands upon her.And she began to run. (affect:-se⁃curity) As she had run (affect:-security) a hundred times in dreams, she ran now, flying blindly she knew not where, driven by a name⁃less dread, (affect:-security) seeking in the gray mist for the safety that lay somewhere.
在这段描写中, 作者运用大量的消极词汇“panic”, “hor⁃ror”, “nameless dread”直接形容斯嘉丽特内心的恐惧和害怕, 也运用动词“race”, “run”间接表明斯嘉丽特内心恐惧而心跳加速, 不断地想逃离噩梦。因为媚兰妮的去世使斯嘉丽特意识到自己失去了唯一可值得信赖的伙伴, 因此斯嘉丽特现在内心感到“不安全”。
2) She was not afraid of (affect:+security) the darkness or the fog and she knew with a singing in her heart that she would never fear (affect:+security) them again.No matter what mists might curl around her in the future, she knew her refuge.She started briskly up (affect:+security) the street toward home and the blocks seemed very long.Far, far too long.She caught up her skirts to her knees and began to run lightly (affect:+security) .But this time she was not running from fear (affect:+security) .She was running because Rhett’s arms were at the end of the street.
在这段描写中, 否定词汇“not afraid of”, “would never fear”, “not running from fear”直接表达斯嘉丽特内心不再害怕恐惧和黑暗, 而副词“briskly”意为“活泼地, 轻快地”, “light⁃ly”意为“欢乐地, 愉快地”, 间接说明此刻斯嘉丽特心情愉悦。因为现在她看到家的灯光, 意识到家中的瑞特能给予她安全, 因此现在她内心因瑞特而感到“安全”, 迫不及待地想要回到家中, 回到瑞特身边。
3.4“情感:满意”分析
满意/不满意指自己在活动中取得的成就感或挫败感。经过分析, 作者发现本章中仅有少量的句子是描写“情感:满意”的, 比如:
1) I’m sorry, I was cross. (affect:-satisfaction)
2) She could not endure (affect:-satisfaction) the tears of the one, the silent condemnation of the other.
3) I have been so mean (affect:-satisfaction) to him.
第一句话中“cross”意为“生气的”, 这是斯嘉丽特对大家因媚兰妮的死而不知所措的行为发怒后的道歉, 说明斯嘉丽特对大家软弱无主见的行为以及自己易怒的脾气“不满”, 第二句话中“not endure”意味“难以忍受”, 说明斯嘉丽特对皮特一直哭的行为和米德医生对她谴责的行为“不满”, 第三句话中的“mean”意为“脾气极坏的”, 说明斯嘉丽特对自己以前对瑞特脾气不好的行为而“不满”。
4 判断资源分析
判断系统解释了评价者对人的品性和行为的态度, 也有积极态度和消极态度之区分。上文中, 作者已提到判断系统是从“规范”, “才干”, “韧性”, “诚实”和“妥当”五方面进行评价。根据分析, 笔者发现在本章节中作者对“态度:判断”资源的描写很少。尽管数量有限, 但在揭露斯嘉丽特的情感态度方面起着非常重要的作用。在整个判断资源中, 作者都是在用语言来对人物的能力或才干作出评判, 而对其他四个方面的评判并没有涉及。比如:
1) “How silly (judgement:-capacity) , ”she thought uneasily.
2) “Ashelly’s not only the stupidly (judgement:-capicity) blind person.....
3) “I’ll tell him what a fool (judgement:-capicity) I have been...
在这几句话中, 无论是“silly”, “stupidly”还是“fool”都是形容一个人愚蠢, 斯嘉丽特用这三个同等意义的消极词汇来描写自己和艾西里当初的“愚蠢”行为, 表明他们彼此当初都没能力认清各自真正爱的人是谁, 表达了斯嘉丽特对自己和艾希里当初盲目相爱的否定态度。
5 鉴赏资源分析
鉴赏系统解释了评价主体对事物的态度, 也有积极态度和消极态度的区分。在上文中, 笔者已提到鉴赏是从对“事物的反应”、“该物的构成”、“该物的价值”三个角度入手对事物作出评价。经分析, 笔者发现在本章节中作者主要从“对事物的反应”这个角度作出评价, 其余角度并没有涉及。比如下面这段话:
The world was wrapped in a thick mist (appreciation:-reac⁃tion) faintly chill mist (appreciation:-reaction) that bore on it breath the smell of the dying year (appreciation:-reaction) .All th houses across the street were dark (appreciation:-reaction) excep one, and the light from a lamp in the window, falling into the street struggled feebly with the fog, golden (appreciation:+reaction) parti cles floating in its rays.It was as if the whole world were enveloped in an unmoving (appreciation:-reaction) blanket of gray smoke (ap preciation:-reaction) .And the whole world was still (apprecia tion:-reaction) .
在这段环境描写中, 作者几乎用的是消极词汇来描写围绕在斯嘉丽特周围的环境, 表明斯嘉丽特现在对周围环境的消极情感态度, 揭示了她内心因为媚兰妮的去世而害怕, 作者仅用“golden”这一积极词汇描写斯嘉丽特对家中的灯光作出的积极反应, 说明斯嘉丽特对家的积极情感态度。
6 结束语
本文将小说《飘》的第六十二章置于评价理论中的态度系统中进行评价和分析。介于篇幅有限, 本文未对文章中出现的例句一一进行分析。经分析, 笔者发现在这一章中情感和鉴赏资源运用比较多, 而且在叙事过程中作者主要运用消极词汇来表明主人公斯嘉丽特因媚兰妮的去世而伤心害怕的消极情感态度, 而运用积极情感词汇表明斯嘉丽特现在意识到自己爱瑞特的积极情感态度。
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great expectation if we never posses anything, we will not mind we lost something.since we don’t want to be very rich, we will not fell despond because poor.the title o this book is great expectation which make an impression on i have learnt a lot from this novel.i believe the real gentlemen are not those who are rich, they should also be generous and kind.and, money may buy many things, but it can’t buy friendship and happiness.it is not worth gaining the money and social position at the cost of losing the precious things.charles dickens was an english writer and social critic.he created some of the worlds most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the victorian period.during his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars.his novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.his main work including the pickwick papers, oliver twist, david copperfield, great expectation and so on.篇二:英文小说读后感之飘 gone with the wind 飘(又名:傲慢与偏见)简介: gone with the wind is a romantic drama and the novel written by margaret mitchell, which sets the american civil war as the background.the novels protagonist, scarlett ohara is the daughter of a planter, who is rich and standing in georgia usa.father gerald is an irish immigrant.arriving in georgia, gerald is penniless but he wins the ownership of the manor of tarot by gambling.after that, he began the venture in this red land, weaving his american dream.until 43 years old, he is married with the daughter named ellen of a french immigrant in east coast knot.gerald is good-natured, but bad-tempered and the young wife has a good family education and strict moral values.she manages the day-to-day affairs of the estate as a whole on her own, even sets the black slaves to the doctor.because of these, the couples get the respects from the white manor and won the love of the black slaves.their daughter scarlett is grown up in this environment.《飘》所讲述的是一个以美国南北战争为背景的爱情故事。小说的主人公斯卡雷特?奥哈拉是美国佐治亚州一位富足且颇有地位的种植园主的女儿。父亲杰拉尔德是爱尔兰的移民。刚到佐治
经典语句摘录: 1.after all, tomorrow is another day.--scarlett.毕竟,明天又是另外的一天呢。2.a glamour to it--a perfection, a symmetry like grecian art.--ashley 那时它富有魅力,像古希腊艺术那样是圆满的、完整的和匀称的。(艾希礼关于战前生活的阐述)3.i was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments, and new.what is broken--and i’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as i lived.—rhett 我从来不是那样的人,不能耐心地拾起一些碎片,把它们黏合在一起,然后对自己说这个修补好了的东西跟新的完全一样。一样东西破碎了就是破碎了--我宁愿记住它最好时的模样,而不想把它修补好,然后终生看着那些破碎了的地方。4.land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for.because its the only thing that lasts.土地是世界上唯一值得你去为之工作, 为之战斗, 为之牺牲的东西,因为它是唯一永恒的东西。5.i wish i could be more like you.我要像你一样就好了。7.i think its hard winning a war with words.我认为纸上谈兵没什么作用。8.sir, youre no gentleman.and you miss are no lady.先生,你可真不是个君子,小姐,你也不是什么淑女。9.i never give anything without expecting something in return.i always get paid.我做任何事不过是为了有所回报,我总要得到报酬。10.in spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, i love you.哪怕是世界末日我都会爱着你。11.i love you more than ive ever loved any woman.and ive waited longer for you than ive waited for any woman.我爱你,比我更爱任何女人。我为你等待的时间比我等任何女人都要长。12.if i have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, as god as my witness, ill never be hungry again!即使让我撒谎,去偷,去骗,去杀人,上帝作证,我再也不要挨饿了。13.now i find myself in a world which for me is worse than death.a world in which there is no place for me.现在我发现自己活在一个比死还要痛苦的世界,一个无我容身之处的世界。14.you’re throwing away happiness with both hands.reaching out for something that will never make you happy.你把自己的幸福拱手相让,去追求一些根本不会让你幸福的东西。15.home.ill go home.and ill think of some way to get him back.after all, tomorrow is another day.家,我要回家.我要想办法让他回来.不管怎样,明天又是全新的一天。感想:
gone with the wind, an american romantic novel written by margaret mitchell is a reflection of the civil war.what impresses us most is the spirit of a rebellious georgia woman named scarlett ohara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum south, the american civil war, and the reconstruction period.it also tells the story of love those blossoms between scarlett ohara and rhett butler.this is really a kind of moving story.someone said that the most classic scene in the novel was that when scarlett returned her ruined home, holding the earth in her hand, she promised that no matter to steal or to rob she would篇三:英文小说读后感之飘 汉语:
小说《飘》是美国著名女作家玛格丽特·米歇尔创作的一部具有浪漫主义色彩、反映南北战争题材的小说。主人公斯佳丽身上表现出来的叛逆精神和艰苦创业、自强不息的精神,一直令读者为之倾心。这部经久不息的小说感动了无数的读者。有人说这部电影最经典的场面是思嘉在战争后回到被毁的家园,在园中手握红土发誓,无论去偷去抢都不会让家人挨饿那段,因为那时她的眼神和表情真的特别震撼人。这样说我也不反对,因为这实在是一部太经典的片子,经典的场面太多,各人有各人的偏爱。我倒是情愿选择这个:以后,明天就是新的一天了。什么是爱?什么是恨?爱和恨可以象两条永不相交的平行线,爱和恨也可能只需要一缕阳光就可以消融。珍惜拥有的人是幸福的,因为我们总是并不确切知道我们需要的到底是什么。太多的人只有在失去的时候,才知道去珍惜。泰戈尔有一句诗我特别喜欢:如果错过太阳时你流泪了,那么你也将错过星星了。历尽沧桑,你要学会忽略过去。因为——tomorrow is another day。
英语: gone with the wind, an american romantic novel written by margaret mitchell is a reflection of the civil war.what impresses us most is the spirit of a rebellious georgia woman named scarlett ohara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum south, the american civil war, and the reconstruction period.it also tells the story of love that blossoms between scarlett ohara and rhett butler.this is really a kind of moving story.someone said that the most classic scene in the novel was that when scarlett returned her ruined home, holding the earth in her hand, she promised that no matter to steal or to rob she would never allow her family to starve.however, i would rather to chose this, the most beautiful sentence in the book, tomorrow is another day.what is called love, and what is called hate? love and hate can like two lines which will never 《名人传》读后感
阅读了罗曼·罗兰的《名人传》,深有感触。罗曼·罗兰是20世纪法国著名作家,他的作品是人们强大的精神支柱。《名人传》写的是贝多芬,米开朗基罗和托尔斯泰的故事,他们经历了各种的磨难却没有向命运屈服,在生命的最后一秒仍不屈不挠的抗争着,最终成为了伟人。这也告诉了我们一个道理:艰难和挫折是对命运和人生的最好锤炼!在这三位伟人当中,给我留下最深印象的是贝多芬。他对音乐有火一般的热情,先后创作了许多优秀的作品。他的作品深邃而辉煌壮观,充满了幻想。但灾难还是无情的降临到了他的头上,在1802年,他意识到自己的听力障碍已经无法治愈,并且会很快恶化。那意味着他可能再也不能进行创作了!这是多么大的打击啊!但他却能顽强的和命运抗争,这也许是他后期能写出那么多不朽作品的原因吧。这种对生活对命运永不妥协的精神正是我们应该学习的,这伟大不屈的灵魂让黑暗的世界有了光芒,让生活有了希望。
读了贝多芬的故事,让我联想到了海伦凯勒——一个同样有着坚强毅力的人。她的生活同样是很不幸的,儿时的一场大病,让她变成了一位又盲又聋又哑的小女孩。在她的世界里,没有色彩,没有声音,也无法表达自己的想法。但命运的不公没有让她失去希望,她渴望了解一切,于是她加倍的努力,最终成为十九世纪最有影响力的人物之一。贝多芬和海伦凯勒在生活中遭遇着不同的磨难,但他们却有着同样的精神——永不向命运屈服!这不仅让我敬佩也引发了我深深的思考。作为21世纪的一名中学生,社会的竞争更加的激烈,我们的功课越来越多,学习上的困难也随之增多,面对重重的困难与压力,我们是不是也需要这种精神呢?是!在遇到难题时,在学习成绩下降时,让我们“借着贝多芬的光芒,再一次擦亮我们的眼睛。”用坚定的信念去面对挫折,用顽强的毅力去实现理想 读《假如给我三天光明》有感
父母、老师常常教育我们:一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。自从我读了美国盲聋女作家、教育家海伦.凯勒写的《假如给我三天光明》,我才更明白这句话的含义。
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