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Christianelementsanalysis;

influenceofthisnovel

Outline

ThesisStatement:

ThispaperdiscussestheChristianElementsinUncleTom’sCabinandtheinfluenceofthisNovel.

I.Introduction

A.Mrs.Stowe’sLifeandherMajorWorks

B.TheBackgroundofUncleTom’sCabin

C.BriefIntroductiontotheNovel

D.LiteratureReview

II.Characters’ChristianElementsintheNovel

III.TheAnalysisofthePhilanthropyAboutChristianintheNovel

A.DevoutHeartandForgiveness—Tom

B.TheGospelofAngels—Eva

C.TheUniversalLoveofChrist—George

Ⅳ.ChristianElements’InfluenceintheNovel

A.InfluenceontheLiberationoftheBlacks:

fromSlavestothePresident

B.InfluenceofChristianityReflectedbytheNovel

V.Conclusion

.Introduction

ThispartmainlybriefintroducesthenovelandthecreationbackgroundofUncleTom’sCabin.Meanwhile,Mrs.Stowe’slifeandhermajorworkswerepresented,whichcanenhancetheunderstandingofthenovel.Finally,theliteraturereviewfromthedomesticscholarsandforeignscholarsareintroduced,andthenecessityofthispaperisanalyzed.

HarrietBeecherStowe（June14,1811-July1,1896）,Americanabolitionistandwriter,theauthoroffamousnovelUncleTom'

sCabin.ShewasborninNorthAmerica,theseventhof13children,afamouspriestfamilywithoutspokenreligiousleader.From1820s,theabolitionofslaveryhasbecomethecentralissueofpublicopinionintheUnitedStates.Atthattime,manyfamousAmericanwriterswerestandingonthesideoftheabolitionofslavery,andcalledfortheliberationofslaves,Mrs.Stoweisoneofthemostoutstandingwritersinthisgroupofabolitionist.1UncleTom'

sCabininspiredagenerationof"

abolitionmovement"

alsoputthecivilwaronthestageofhistory.ShewaspraisedbyAbrahamLincolnthatthelittleladywhostartedthisgreatwar!

andrankedasforty-firstamongtheimpactof100charactersinAmericathatwasnamedbytheUnitedStatesauthoritativejournaloftheAtlantic.

HarrietBeecherStoweenrolledintheseminary（girls'

school）,whereshereceivedatraditionallyeducationintheclassics.Attheageof21,shemovedtoCincinnati,Ohiotojoinherfather,whichwasfirsttimetoparticipateintheabolitionofslaveryandjoinedaliterarysalonandsocialclubnamedtheSemi-ColonClub.AtthattimeHarrietBeecherStowesupportedtheUndergroundRailroad,temporarilyhousingseveralfugitiveslavesintheirhome.HarrietBeecherStowewashonoredwithafeastdayontheliturgicalcalendaroftheEpiscopalChurch（USA）onJuly1,theUnitedStatesPostalServiceissueda75¢

DistinguishedAmericansseriespostagestampinmemoryofherachievementsonJune13,2007andwasproposedbytheOhioHistoricalSocietyasafinalistinStatuaryHallattheUnitedStatesCapitol.2Themainworksofherlifeareasfollows:

MarkMeriden（1841）,UncleTom'

sCabin（1852）,AKeytoUncleTom'

sCabin（1853）,SunnyMemoriesofForeignLands（1854）,theMinister'

sWooing（1859）,ThePearlofOrr'

sIsland（1862）,TheChimneyCorner（1866）,OldTownFolks（1869）,MyWifeandI（1871）,PalmettoLeaves（1873）,WomeninSacredHistory（1874）,FootstepsoftheMaster（1877）,thePoorLife（1890）.

B.TheBackgroundofUncleTom’sCabin

In1444,PortugalbecamethefirstmodernnationtomeetitslaborneedsbyimportingblackscapturedfromAfrica.In1800,therewerenearlyonemillionblackslavesinAmericaandby1860thefigurehadquadrupled.In1850,theUnitedStatesapprovedofthesecond"

FugitiveSlaveLaw"

itwastheillegalactstobepunishedforassistancetotheslavestoescapeanditlimitedrightsofthefugitiveandthefreeblack.Atthattime,HarrietBeecherStowehadmovedwithherfamilyintoahomenearthecampusofBowdoinCollegeinBrunswick.Inresponsetothislawsheplannedtowriteastoryabouttheproblemofslavery.3InJune1851,whenshewas40,thefirstinstallmentofUncleTom'

sCabinwaspublishedsoonintheNationalEra.3UncleTom'

sCabinwasfirstpublishedinbookformedbyJohnP.Jewettwithaninitialprintrunof5000copiesonMarch1852.OnepartofthecreativeinspirationofUncleTom'

sCabinwasfromtheautobiographyofJosiahHensonandthenovelwassostrongthatHarrietBeecherStowe’sownchildrensobbedwhentheyreadthefirstchapters.SincethenHarrietBeecherStowebecameacelebrity,speakingagainstslaverybothinAmericaandEurope.

ThisstoryofUncleTom'

sCabintakesplacethroughoutthestatesofKentuckyandMississippiintheplantationsandfields,anditsthemeistheevilandimmoralityofslavery.4UncleTom'

sCabintellsthestoriesofthreeslavethatisTom,ElizaandGeorge,whostartsouttogetherinKentucky,butwhoselivestakedifferentturns.UncleTom'

sCabincanbeseeninfourunevenparts:

Partoneisconsistingofchaptersonethroughnine,whichisabouttheslaveElizaandherescapetofreedom;

Parttwoisconsistingofchapterstenthroughtwenty-nine,whichisaboutuncleTomandhisrelationshipwithlittleEvaontheSt.Clareplantation;

Partthreeisconsistingofchaptersthirtythroughforty-two,whichisaboutSimonandthedeathofuncleTom;

Partfourisconsistingofchaptersforty-threethroughforty-five,whichisaboutaresolutionoftheactionandHarrietBeecherStowe'

sappealfortheendofslavery.

UncleTom'

sCabinisaclassicofworldliterature.Thiswork,whetheritsideological,artistic,historicalpositionorliteraryvalue,canbecalledthehighestachievementofliteratureandthemostoutstandingrepresentativeworkofabolitionliteratureintheUnitedStates.Althoughthework’stimesbackgroundhaschanged,theliterarycriticismathomeandabroadisstillenthusiastic,andnewresearchresultscontinuetoemerge.

AsearlyasnineteenthCentury,foreignscholarsbegantostudyUncleTom'

sCabin,andwrotealargenumberofresearchresults.Thefollowingsaresomeofideasfromdifferentanalysispoints.

KevinPelletier（2009）bythemethodofsentimentalismanalyzedthework,consideredthattheworkexpressestheideathateachoftheslavewillbesympatheticandcaringfortheslaves,theviewpointthatwhiteAmericansshouldcareforblackslaveswasgot.

MollyFarrell（2010）startingfromtheinfluenceofChristianityonthenovel,analyzedMrs.Stowe’sfamilydevelopmentandculturalbackground.It’sconcludedthatChristianityisdeeplyrootedinMrs.Stowe'

sheart,andChristianphilosophyplaysaveryimportantroleinherworks.

PatrickColmHogan（2012）throughthecomparativeanalysisofdifferentscholars’viewsofMrs.Stoweandthecharactersdescribedinthework,especiallyMrs.Stoweconsideredmanyblackslavesaschildren,itprovedthatMrs.Stowehasthewhitesupremacyinherunconscious.

Althoughthedomesticscholars'

researchonUncleTom'

sCabinstartedlate,inrecentyearsalargenumberofresearchresultshaveemerged,scholarsfromdifferentanglesinterpreteddeepthework.Thefollowingsareasummaryofsomemoreuniqueperspectivesonthem.

GuChenjuan（2008）analyzedthefourtypicalwhitefemaleimagesinthisnovel,revealedtheunfairtreatmenttheysufferandweaknessandcompromisewhentheyfaceslavery.Itconcludedthatthewhitewomenwanttooverthrowslavery,themaintaskistooverthrowthemountainofmale-dominatedsociety.

LiSujie（2011）throughthecomparisonofnarrativestrategyaboutUncleTom'

sCabin,theworkcanbedividedintotwokindsofnarrativestrategy,thatisstraightnarrativestrategyandvariednarrativestrategy.ItconcludedthatUncleTom'

sCabinisagoodnarrativeworkofuniqueconceptionandimagination,andisalsoaperfectartparadigmcombinationcontentwithform.

YangKun（2012）sketchedthebehaviorfeaturesofmaincharactersinthenovel,analyzedtheinfluenceofreligiouscultureonthecharacter’sfate,highlightedthelimitationsofthenovelintheshadowofthereligiousculture,andconcludedthatthenegativeeffectsofreligiouspreachingontheofwork’spositivemeaning.

Insummary,manyscholarshaveanalyzedandstudiedtheimagesofmanycharactersinUncleTom'

sCabin,buttherearestillmanypointsofviewthathavenotbeenexcavated.Therefore,thereisalotofspaceforstudyandinterpretationofthecharactersinthiswork.

.Characters’ChristianElementsintheNovel

Thispartmainlybriefintroducescharacters’Christianelementsinthe