【正确答案】正确答案:[1]Yes, for his novel Robinson Crusoe generally heads the list of modern fiction. [2]Robinson Crusoe [3]This book was published in 1719, based on the adventures of a seaman, Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned on one of the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile. [4]The significance of the novel; (1) "Robinson Crusoe" is an expression of the bourgeois qualities of individualism and private enterprise. Robinson Crusoe is a new man—a man sure of himself and sure of being able to establish himself anywhere in the world. He is a man of new age, in which doubt and uncertainty are replaced by hope and confidence.(2)In describing Robinson" s life on the island, Defoe glorifies human labor.(3)Robinson is the enterpriser of his age. He is ready to command nature, his enemy, and to found his colony beyond the sea. He is a merchant-adventurer, interested in material profit. So Robinson" s every voyage is connected with some commercial enterprise.(4)This novel is an embodiment of the spirit of individual enterprise and colonial expansion of the rising bourgeoisie.(5)Defoe" s bourgeois outlook shows itself in the fact that he doesn"t condemn Negro-slavery in his book. [5]This novel revealed the author" s colonialism and Negro-slavery thought. Also the individualism and material-profit-upmost thought is indicated.
【答案解析】解析:(本题考查对丹尼尔·笛福的掌握情况。丹尼尔·笛福是英国启蒙时期现实主义小说的奠基人,被誉为“小说之父”。其作品主要为个人通过努力,靠自己的智慧和勇敢战胜困难。其代表作《鲁滨逊漂流记》闻名于世,鲁滨逊也成为与困难抗争的典型模范,因此笛福被视作英国小说的开创者之一。)