物叙事视角下《雾都孤儿》中济贫院的慈善假象

The Charitable Hypocrisy of the Workhouse in Oliver Twist from the Perspective of Thing Narrative

摘要: 本文探讨《雾都孤儿》中济贫院的慈善假象，运用比尔·布朗的物叙事理论，通过分析《雾都孤儿》中的稀粥、衣物及奥利弗的卖身契等物品，从食物虐待、上层社会压迫及人身权利侵犯三方面，探讨《雾都孤儿》中的“物”如何揭示维多利亚时代以济贫院为主的慈善组织的伪善，在既有研究基础上提供一个物叙事的新视角，构成小说的物叙事话语系统。

Abstract: This thesis explores the hypocrisy of charity in the workhouse in Oliver Twist, applying Bill Brown’s theory of thing narrative. By analyzing items such as the thin gruel, clothes and Oliver’s indenture in Oliver Twist, it examines from three aspects—food abuse, oppression from the upper class and violation of human rights—how the things in Oliver Twist reveal the hypocrisy of the charity organizations centered around workhouses in the Victorian era. Based on existing research, this paper offers a new perspective on thing narrative and constitutes a thing narrative discourse system of the novel.