《法国中尉的女人》的社会历史内涵

关于《法国中尉的女人》，一般评论者探讨得较多的是小说形式的艺术创新，而对其思想性的关注则相对较少．本文在分析该小说艺术创新的基础上，着重讨论作者站在２０世纪的高度对１９世纪资本主义社会的批判，指出新的社会力量的出现是女主角萨拉的“自主性”和“神秘性”的根源．

Social-Historical Connotations of French Lieutenant's Woman

Commentators usually concentrate more on the artistic innovation interms of the form of the novel when criticizing French Lieutenant's Woman, while relatively neglecting its ideological content. This essay, based on an analysis of the novel'sartistic innovation, dwells mainly upon the criticism of capitalism of the 19th-centuryby the novelist from a 20th century viewpoint, pointing out that the emerging new social force is the root cause of the "independence" and "mpth" of Sarah. the heroine.