声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
摘要
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 George Eliot’s Controversial Life and Incomparable Talent
1.2 Need For the Study and Research Methods
1.3 Current Darwinian Studies on Middlemarch
1.4 Thesis Structure
Chapter Two KEY DARWINIAN TENETS AND IMPORTANT THOUGHTS IN SHAPING ELIOT’S MORAL PARADIGM
2.1 Charles Darwin’s Evolutionary Biology
2.2 Social Darwinism
2.3 Other Key Thoughts in Shaping Eliot’s Moral Paradigm
Chapter Three A DARWINIAN INTERPRETAITION OF MARRIAGE PATTERNS IN MIDDLEMARCH
3.1 George Eliot’s Conception of Marriage
3.2 Rosamond and Lydgate:Human Brain Murdered by the Basil Plant
3.3 Dorothea and Mr Casaubon:Maiden Dreams Shut in Prison
3.4 Dorothea and Will:Fulfilling the Wifely Duties
Chapter Four The INCORPORATION OF SOCIAL DARWINIAN CONCERNS WITHIN ELIOT’S MORAL PARADIGM
4.1 Eliot’s Negotiation with Spencer’s Sexual Selection Theory
4.2 Eliot’s Resolution in Determining Her Sexual Selection Pattern
4.2.1 Unique Characteristics of the Heroes and Heroines
4.2.2 Other Prevalent Social Thoughts’ Influences on the Novel
4.3 Key Elements in George Eliot’s Ideal Sexual Selection in Middlemarch
4.3.1 George Eliot’s Ideal Female Mate
4.3.2 George Eliot’s Ideal Male Mate
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
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