【作者】 李岩；

【导师】 陈彦旭；

【作者基本信息】 东北师范大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2021， 硕士

【摘要】 沃尔特·司各特是英国历史小说之父,他的作品被翻译成多种语言并在许多国家出版。《艾凡赫》就是其中一部最受欢迎的长篇历史小说。在《艾凡赫》中,司各特采用了英格兰历史小说的主题,描绘了一部中世纪骑士传奇。小说的最后,艾凡赫在萨克逊族后人罗文娜与犹太女孩丽贝卡之间选择了与罗文娜结婚。在这部小说中不难看出主人公艾凡赫与丽贝卡之间有着真挚的感情,然而最终丽贝卡却离开了英国,通过研究发现,这样的结局不仅仅是一段简单的故事情节安排,更是表明了作者对十九世纪英国国家身份建构的深刻思考。除导言及结语外,论文主体共分为三部分:第一部分以英国犹太人在不同时期的处境差异为基础展开对中世纪时期与十九世纪时期英国犹太人的境况分析,探讨随着司各特生活的时代——19世纪的英国民族主义思潮影响日益扩大,引发司各特对国家身份建构的思考这一主题。第二部分以《艾凡赫》中犹太人的形象为研究对象,展开分析了小说中犹太人作为异教徒、守财奴与医治者,对比了在反犹主义的影响下的犹太人形象与现实中十九世纪英国犹太人的异同,探讨犹太民族参与英国国家身份建构的过程。一直以来寄居英国的犹太民族是否能够真正融入英国主流社会,司各特在《艾凡赫》中给出了他的答案。第三章从婚姻的角度出发,分析了司各特选择婚姻与政治的主题,表达了自己对于维护民族血统纯正性的追求。远在中世纪时期,英国社会就面临着同样的问题:犹太人如何能融入英国主流社会?而面对相似的社会问题时,借古喻今成为了更加直观的解决问题的方式。司各特暗示了犹太民族从典故“永世流浪的犹太人”开始盛行到最终丽贝卡依然不接受改宗因此继续流浪的犹太性是无法改变的,而犹太性一直以来作为“他性”,在与英国性的对立与冲突中反映出英国当前社会现状与未来的发展方向。在小说的最后,艾凡赫选择与罗文娜结婚,丽贝卡与父亲离开英国这一结局强化了民族内部的统一,维护了民族血统的纯正性。更多还原

【Abstract】 Walter Scott is the founder of English historical novels whose works have been translated into different kinds of languages which have been published in many countries.Ivanhoe is the most popular historical novel of Walter Scott which depicts a medieval knight legend in this English historical novel.At the end of the novel,Ivanhoe finally chose to marry Rowena,who is the descendant of the Saxon.It is not difficult to feel the sincere love between Ivanhoe and Rebecca.However,the Jew Rebecca leaves England ultimately.Through the research,such an ending is not only the discussion of the explanation towards the novel but also a reflection on how to construct English national identity in the nineteenth-century,the period that Walter Scott lives.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,the thesis is divided into three parts.The first part analyzes the situation of English Jews both in the Middle Ages and the nineteenth-century based on the different circumstances of English Jews in different periods.Then it explores the theme of Scott’s views on the construction of national identity with the growing influence of English nationalism.The second part takes the image of the Jews in Ivanhoe as the research object,analyzing the images of the Jews in the novel as pagans,misers,and healers.It compares the similarities and differences between the images of the Jews under the influence of Anti-semitism and the English Jews in the nineteenth-century,and it probes into the process of the Jews’ participation in the construction of the English national identity.Scott gives his answer in Ivanhoe whether the Jews who have been living in England can integrate into the mainstream society of England.The third part analyzes Ivanhoe’s choice of marriage and politics and expresses his pursuit of maintaining the purity of lineage.As far back as the Middle Ages,English society was faced with the same problem: how could Jews integrate into mainstream society? Facing similar social problems,the past is the best guide of the present.Scott suggests that Jewishness plays a significant role in the construction of English national identity.From the prevailing of the allusion “The Wandering Jew” to the analysis of the leaving of the Jew Rebecca,who hasn’t accepted the conversion and kept going to wander.Jewishness as “the other” helps to reflect the current situation of England in the nineteenth-century and the future social situation in England.Rebecca leaves,Ivanhoe marries Rowena,which ensures the purity of the lineage of England and the unity of the English nation.更多还原