|
|
|
| Love and Redemption: Intertextual Interpretation of Little Women and Bible |
| LIU Zhi |
| School of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University, 518060 |
|
|
|
|
Abstract Due to the influence of her time and culture, Alcott’s magnum opus Little Women is impregnated with strong Christian faith. There is distinct intertextuality between her book and Bible in terms of main characters, setting, narrative structure, theme, and literary images. The rich biblical resources in the novel help reflect the social life of a small town in New England during American Civil War, convey the mainstream Puritan philosophy, and create a series of typical Puritans with detailed and vivid description. But above all, they endow the novel profound poetic characteristics, which make this family saga based on the author’s life story very metaphorical and highly expressive of Christian ethics and values: sin is universal and God’s love and mercy for every sinner deliver them from evil.
|
|
Received: 20 August 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
[1] 罗婷.论克里斯多娃的互文性理论[J]. 国外文学,2001,（4）：9-14.
[2] 王一川.语言乌托邦 [ M] .昆明:云南人民出版社,1994.222.
[3] 圣母论在神学上的地位.http://www.catholic.cd/article/shen-gmu/shenmushenxue/2015/04/20/888.html.
[4] 路易莎·梅奥尔科特. 小妇人[M].林文华,林元彪译. 武汉：长江文艺出版社, 2012.
[5] 诺思洛普.弗莱. 伟大的代码——圣经与文学[M]. 郝振益等译.北京：北京大学出版社,1998.220.
[6] MacDonald, Ruth. Louisa May Alcott [M]. Boston: G. K. Hall & Company,1983.20.
[7] 麦吉尔主编. 世界名著鉴赏大辞典·小说（上卷）【M].王志远译.北京：中国书籍出版社,1993.2579. |
|
|
|
2016, Vol. 33 
