从《人性的枷锁》看毛姆的人生观
毕业论文关键词：枷锁；人生观；《人性的枷锁》
Abstract The novel of Human Bondage is Maugham’s masterpiece. The hero’s life experience, in fact, is the portrayal of Maugham’s life experience. The author puts his personal thoughts, feelings and perception of life into his novel which are represented by Philip’s words and deeds. So, the novel of Human Bondage is an obvious autobiographical novel. This paper analyzes Maugham’s view of life through the bondage of life which are Philip has to face. They are the bondage of love, the bondage of money and the bondage of religion. The purpose of this paper is to warn people not to be desire’s slave and to tell people to abandon the illusion; on the other hand, it reflects Maugham’s negative view of life. This paper would like to provoke us to think about life, to seek the meaning of life and to establish a correct outlook on life by analyzing Maugham’s view of life critically.
Key words: bondage; view of life; of Human Bondage
An Analysis of William Somerset Maugham’s View of Life in Of Human Bondage
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
I. Introduction 1
II. The Attitude Towards Love 2
2.1 The Bondage of Love 2
2.2 The Way to Deal with the Bondage of Love 3
III. The Attitude Towards Money 5
3.1 The Bondage of Money 5
3.2 The Way to Deal with the Bondage of Money 6
V. The Attitude Towards Religion 8
4.1 The Bondage of Religion 8
4.2 The Way to Deal with the Bondage of Religion 9
V．Conclusion 11
Bibliography 13
Acknowledgements 14
I. Introduction
William Somerset Maugham is the famous novelist in Britain in twentieth century. The writing-style of his works is simply and clearly. And his works draw materials broad and have thorough understanding of human nature.
There are so many works in his life. His works involved various fields in literature expect the field of poetry. He has totally written about twenty novels, more than one hundred short novels and thirty dramas. A number of readers like his novels who are from different countries and from different classes. Because his novels have clear context, vivid characters and the ups and downs plots. His works have been translated into many different languages. And many of them have been filmed.
His major works include the novel Cakes and Ale, The Moon and Sixpence, Blade, the drama Circle and the short story Rain. Of Human Bondage is the most important and widely circulated lengthy masterpiece of him.
Many scholars analyzed and discussed this novel from the theme, meaning, existentialism and the view of life and so on. For example, the academic journal “Discuss the theme of of Human Bondage ”written by Li Jian was analyzed this novel into three relationships, which are man’s relation to the world he lives in, man’s relation with the men among whom he lives, and finally man’s relation to himself.