查尔斯的精神蜕变.ppt

Presenter : Luo Xiao 2011090328 The explanation of Spiritual Transformation The evidences of Charles’ spiritual transformation reflected in The French Lieutenant’s woman The further explanation of Charles’ transformation Conclusion Kenneth I. Pargament says that "at its heart, spiritual transformation refers to a fundamental change in the place of the sacred or the character of the sacred in the life of the individual. Spiritual transformation can be understood in terms of new configurations of strivings" (p.?18). In?new age?spirituality, spiritual transformation consists of the act of transforming the deepest aspects of the human?spirit?via a self-induced or "divine" act. Charles’ spiritual transformation Traditional consciousness (consciousness of aristocrat, class, marriage, love, economy, male and female …) The pursuit for freedom (freedom of marriage, love, science…) Awaking Development Traditional consciousness conquering Ambivalence New consciousness conquering Transformed Awaking 1.Encounter Sarah comparing Sarah with other women in his age “-not sexual, but fraternalnn, perhaps paternal, a certainty of the innocence of this creature, of her being unfairly outcast, and which was in turn a factor of his intuition of her appalling loneliness.” VS “women were semistatic, timid, incapable of sustained physical effort, to his wild place.” 2.After encountering “He did not look back, and back to the fork, where he wondered why he had not had the presence of mind to ask which path he was to take.” “Very soon he marched firmly away up the steeper path.” Development 1. traditional consciousness conquering 1) showing his aristocratic gentleness “I owe you two apologies. I did not know yesterday that you were Mrs. Poulteney’ s secretary. I fear I addressed you in a most impolite manner. ” “l was afraid lest you had been taken ill.” Sarah “I prefer to walk alone.