Exploration on American Civil War through Gone with the Wind and Uncle Tom’s Cabin.doc

第  PAGE 12 页 共 10 页 从《飘》和《汤姆叔叔的小屋》探究美国南北战争 Exploration on American Civil War through Gone with the Wind and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Contents Abstract……………...…..…………………………………………………..1 Key words………………...………………………………………………….1 I. Introduction…………………………...…………….………………..…...2 II. A Brief Introduction of Gone with the Wind and the Author Margaret Mitchell………………………………..…………………………….2 III. A Brief Introduction of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Author Harriet Stowe…………………………………..…………4 IV. The Relationship between the Two Novels and the Civil War……...5 1. The depiction of slavery and the Civil War in Gone with the Wind……...….5 2. The Cruelty of the slavery described in Uncle Tom’s Cabin…………7 3. The contrast of the different descriptions in the two novels.……..………...8 V. The True Cause of the Civil War………...…………...…9 VI. Conclusion……………………………………………………..…….…10 References…………………………………………………………………10 Exploration on American Civil War through Gone with the Wind and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Abstract: The essay points out that the different views on the American Civil War which is a quite special period in American history. From two great works that are recognized tightly related to the war, we try to find the true cause of the Civil War. Margaret Mitchells Gone with the Wind is regarded as an elegy of mourning the slavery while it is well received worldwide. Uncle Toms Cabin shows the cruelty of the slavery and its author Stowe was called as “the woman who wrote the book that start the war by Lincoln. But after the war, the novel lost its high position. The reason is the different descriptions of slavery which are the key points of the Civil War in the two novels. This essay is going to analyze the relationship between the two novels and the Civil War and the true cause of the Civil War from a macro-historical way. Key words: civil war; slavery; Gone with the Wind; Uncle Tom’s Cabin 摘 要：文章指出对美国内战这一重要时期的不同观点。作者将从两部和内??有重大联系的文学作品中发现美国内战的真正原因。《飘》是玛格丽特一生中唯一的作品，在受到极高赞誉的同时，被扣上了缅怀奴隶制的“帽子”。《汤姆叔叔的小屋》的作者斯托夫