《瓦尔登湖》中的现实意义

Abstract

A lot of people have different interpretations on the ideas passed out from Walden. In this paper, through analyzing the Walden and combining with today’s natural and social environment, to prove the practical significance in Walden. This paper starts from the writing background and purpose with a brief introduction. Walden is a classic work, many writers and scholars have made a high evaluation. By relevant overview of economy、nature civilization and human civilization to introduce the main contents of this paper. Walden has a great impact at that time and now. Thoreau’s life practice of back to nature makes us meditate ourselves. Finally it summarizes the research significance of this paper.

Keywords　 Walden；Back to nature；Nature Civilization；Human Civilization

Contents

Abstract I

Contents I

Introduction 1

1. Background 2

1.1 An Overview of Thoreau 2

1.2 American Transcendentalism 2

2. Economy 3

2.1 Material Desire 3

2.2 Back to Nature 4

3. Nature Civilization 5

3.1 The Intrinsic Value of Nature 6

3.2 Respect for Wildness 6

4. Human Civilization 7

4.1 The Simple Life 7

4.2 The Solitary Life 8

5. Conclusion 9

References 10