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贞洁# 美德# 报偿 ) ) ) 论5帕梅拉6的贞洁观 : 塞缪尔# 理查生的5帕梅拉6出版后同时引起了热捧和批评, 一时激起轩然 波, 究其原因, 这部小说的副标题/ 美德的报偿0能够说明一些问题在很 程度上, 是/ 报偿0 二字吸引了 量的妇女, 让她们看到了自己的贞洁的实在意义; 也是/ 报偿0二字刺激了 一 些道德家的神经, 让他们意识到物质主义对道德体系的侵蚀本文主要考察5帕梅拉6这部 小说所体现的贞洁观在本文作者看来, 这部小说继承了传统的贞洁观, 即认为女人的第 一 美德是贞洁, 同时也提出了带有功利主义倾向的/ 报偿论0理查生的/ 贞洁报偿论0明显受 到 18 世纪物质主义思想的影响, 但它符合当时的社会现实和人们的心理需求, 使得作者的 道德劝善更容易为读者所接受 : 塞缪尔# 理查生 5帕梅拉6 贞洁 报偿 : 朱卫红, 华中师范 学文学院比较文学与世界文学博士生华中师范 学外语学 院英语副教授, 主要从事英国文学研究 T itle: V irg in ity, V irtu e and R ew ard: T he V iew of V irg in ity of Pamela Abs tract: The subtit le, / V irtue R ew arded, 0 of Sam u el R ich ardsonÄs Pamela, m ay exp lain why th is novel rece ived both w arm w elcom e and sat ire a fter its pub lication To a grea t ex tent, it w as the word / rew ard0 th at attracted the attention o f a vast number o f w om en, who w ere delighted to discover the tru e value o f their v irg in ity; it w as also th is wo rd th at offended som e m ora lists, who cam e to realize the invasion of m a terialism into the ex ist ing m ora l system The article is ami ed at an exam ination of the v iew o f virg inity expressed in this novel T he author of th is artic le believes th at th is novel has inherited the traditional v iew o f v irg inity in th at it rank s v irg in ity as the first and foremost w om enÄs v irtu e, but at the sam e t mi e affirm s the va lid ity o f rew ard fo rw om enÄs v irg in ity, a theory that h as obv iou sly resulted from the influ ence of m ateria lism that w as preva iling in the e igh teenth century Eng land R ich ardsonÄs theory o f rew ard acco rded w ith the socia l reality of h is tmi e and satisfied the p eopleÄs p sycho log ica l needs, thus w as easily accepted by a large num ber of readers K ey w ord s: Sam ua l R ich ardson Pamela v irg in ity rew ard Au thor: Z hu W eihon g is a Ph D candidate in com parat ive lit