摘要
There is no doubt that The French Lieutenant＇s Woman, written by John Fowles, should be among the list of the most controversial, outstanding and distinguished postmodern literary works in 1970s. As a writer greatly influenced by Existentialism, Fowles endows the book tremendous vitality, that is, the vigor of philosophy, which differentiates the work from the other common postmodern ones. This quality is reflected on the theme of freedom to a great extent. In the following part, the author mainly discusses about certain principles of existentialism which yield such great impact on Fowles, and the theme of existentialistic freedom is to be analyzed through the approach of the artful characterization and postmodem writing techniques.
20世纪70年代最具争议、最令人瞩目、最杰出的后现代主义作品当属约翰。福尔斯的《法国中尉的女人》。作为一位深受存在主义哲学思想影响的作家，福尔斯赋予了这部作品不同于其它后现代主义作品的活力，即作品的哲学意味．适一点在自由适一主题上体现更甚．笔者讨论了存在主义相关哲学观点对福尔斯的影响，并主要结合作家创新的对人物的刻画及某些后现代元小说写作手法分析了作品存在主义的自由主题.
基金
武汉理工大学外语合作学习教学模式实证研究（课题号：2009102）
