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1、AnAnalysisofColonial CultureinRobinsonCrusoeandItsReflectioninRealityI. IntroductionThe Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a masterpiece of Daniel Defoe, is a pioneering English adventure fiction. It mainly tells us a story of the hero Robinson Crusoes adventure on the sea especially on a deserted islan
2、d all alone. After a few sails on the sea, he joins an expedition to bring slaves from Africa, but he is shipwrecked in a storm about forty miles out to sea on a deserted island. Robinson Crusoe struggles against hardship, privation, loneliness, and cannibals in his attempt to survive on the deserte
3、d island. Finally he succeeds in returning to his hometown England and becomes rich in the end.But according to the criticisms, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a typical colonial literature. As Fang Min wrote in his thesis On The Colonial behaviors in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, if we an
4、alyze The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe under the post-colonialism, we could find that the fiction reflects the colonial culture in some ways (Fang, 2010). By exploring the colonial culture in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, we can know the thoughts of people in that period and the forms of early
5、 colonialism and colonialism. In this thesis, the author would like to lead the readers to take a brief look at of the colonialism in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the influence of the colonialism on people today and the reflection of colonial thoughts today. The author will write it in the fol
6、lowing five parts.First of all, the author will give a brief introduction of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, both the fiction and the author Daniel Defoe.Second, the author will give a brief introduction of colonialism and colonialism in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and how it is showed in t
7、he fiction.Third, the author will list and analyze the reflection of colonialism today.Fourth, the author will have a brief look at of the influence of colonialism both in the history and at present.Fifth, the author will come to a conclusion that we can know a little of colonialism in The Adventure
8、s of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.II. Brief Introduction of the Adventures of Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe is a novel written by Daniel Defoe and was first published in 1719. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title charactera castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island n
9、ear Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives and mutineers before being rescued. He struggled on the island alone and finally was rescued and went back to England.2.1 Brief Introduction of Daniel DefoeDaniel Defoe (ca. 1659-1661 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journ
10、alist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularize the form in Britain and is among the founders of the English novel. As a prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 boo
11、ks, pamphlets and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). Here is a brief introduction of Daniel Defoes life and the motivation of writing Robinson Crusoe Defoes father was a City tradesman and member of the Butchers Company. James
12、 Foes stubborn Puritanism The Foes were Dissenters, Protestants who did not belong to the Anglican Church occasionally comes through Defoes writing. He studied at Charles Mortons Academy, London. Although his Nonconformist father intended him for the ministry, Defoe plunged into politics and trade,
13、travelling extensively in Europe. Throughout his life, Defoe also wrote about mercantile projects, but his business ventures failed and left him with large debts. But all his experience gave him the life material to complete his works, including his masterpiece Robinson Crusoe.Defoe was one of the f
14、irst to write stories about believable characters in realistic situations using simple prose. He achieved literary immortality in April 1719 when he published Robinson Crusoe, a travelogue, which was based partly on the memoirs of voyagers and castaways, such as Alexander Selkirk, who spent on his i
15、sland four years and four months.William Selkirk was the son of a Scottish tanner, who became the master of the Cinque Ports Galley, a privateering ship. Selkirk went to sea in 1704 under William Dampier and was put ashore at his own request (or according to some sources as a punishment of insubordi
16、nation) on the island of Juan Fernandez in the Pacific, hundreds of miles off the coast of Chile. The island was uninhabited, and he survived there until his rescue in 1709 by Captain Woods Rogers. Selkirk claimed later positively that the experience had made him a better Christian. As a journalist, Defoe must have heard his story and possibly interviewed him.The account of a shipwrecked sailor was a comment both on the human n
