摘要：露易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》是大众文学中的经典作品，自1868年问世以来，连续畅销，用其温馨的家庭生活打动着一代又一代读者的心。《小妇人》被译成十几种文字，还被改编成戏剧和电影，受到世界各地观众的喜爱，这也证明其具有独特的魅力。家庭教育是一个经久不衰的话题，好的家庭教育能够超越时空的限制，给予人们灵感。关于该小说的超验主义分析，许多研究主要分析其体现的超验主义自然观和女主人公身上体现的超验主义思想，较少研究从超验主义视角分析其超验主义社会观和家庭教育。因此，本文从超验主义视角分析《小妇人》中的家庭教育，希望能给予读者一些关于家庭教育的启发。本文通过分析《小妇人》中有关家庭教育的情节，阐释其体现的超验主义思想: 重精神轻物质、提倡人人平等、自立、通过自我修炼和自我完善达到精神完善。希望本文能对读者有所启发。

关键词：超验主义；《小妇人》；家庭教育

Contents

摘要

Abstract

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 An Introduction to Little Women and Louisa May Alcott-1

1.1.1 The plot of Little Women-1

1.1.2 The life of Louisa May Alcott-1

1.2 Purpose and Significance of This Study-2

1.3 Structure of the Study-3

1.4 Literature Review-3

1.5 Summary-4

Chapter Two Theoretical Framework-5

2.1 Origin and Development of Transcendentalism-5

2.2 Major Features of Transcendentalism-5

2.3 A Brief Introduction to Transcendentalist Views of Society-6

2.3.1 Spirit first and matter second-6

2.3.2 Advocating equality for all-7

2.4 Summary-7

Chapter Three Transcendentalist Thoughts in the Marches’ Family Education-8

3.1 The Relationship between Transcendentalist Views of Society and the Marches' Family Education-8

3.1.1 Introduction-8

3.1.2 Spirit first and matter second in the Marches' family education-8

3.1.3 Mrs. March setting an example of advocating equality for all-10

3.2 Self-Reliance in the Marches’ Family Education-11

3.3 Self-Culture and Self-Improvement to Achieve Spiritual Perfection-

3.3.1 The Marches’ education of self-culture and self-improvement to achieve spiritual perfection-12

3.3.2 Meg's self-culture and self-improvement-13

3.3.3 Jo's self-culture and self-improvement-14

3.3.4 Beth's self-culture and self-improvement-15

3.3.5 Amy's self-culture and self-improvement-15

Chapter Four Conclusion-17

References-18

Acknowledgements