笛福的《鲁滨逊历险记》和梭罗的《瓦尔登湖》这两本著作的出版时间相隔一个多世纪,但它们在一定程度上有相似之处。两者都采用日记或回忆录的形式,让主人公叙述自己的所为所见所闻所感;而且都把他们放在一个极不平常的生存环境,以简单朴素、自给自足的生活方式体现他们的独立奋斗精神,同时展现他们对精神的探索。 Defoe’s Adventures of Robinson and Thoreau’s Waldensee are more than a century’s of publication, but they are somewhat similar. Both are in the form of diaries or memoirs, so that the hero narrates what they see and hear, and places them in an extraordinary habitat that reflects their independence in a simple, self-sufficient way of life Struggle, while showing their exploration of the spirit.