約翰•克理蘭的《歡場女子回憶錄》出版於西元1748年，被公認為第一本英國情色小說。在這本書信體小說，芬妮希爾描述她和初戀情人重逢、結婚之前當妓女的遭遇，包括她如何被誘騙到倫敦、之後達到性和經濟上的成熟。結合早期情色文學和感傷小說的傳統，《歡場女子回憶錄》的女主角徘徊於愛與慾之間。雖然芬妮無法用意志力控制她被性驅動的身體，她敏銳地區分單純的肉體快感和結合愛意的完美性愛。芬妮最終走入婚姻擁抱約翰•克理蘭最推崇的合法婚姻性行為。第一章我將簡單介紹《歡場女子回憶錄》的歷史背景和批評家對它的評論。第二章介紹《歡場女子回憶錄》前的早期情色文學並比較他們之間的形式、文字、風格、性的概念。第三章藉著回溯感傷小說的傳統比較芬妮和貞潔的潘蜜拉。約翰•克理蘭的創新在於他沒有簡單地視女性本質為全然淫蕩或端莊，而是認為性慾和端莊可以並存。他對女性性本質不同的詮釋因此改變女性美德的定義，使得一個放蕩的妓女可以變為一個有道德的妻子。在結論我強調《歡場女子回憶錄》成功塑造了活靈活現的人物，為以後的情色文學建立了一個典範並指出新的方向。

John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, published in 1748, is considered the first English pornographic novel. In this epistolary novel, Fanny narrates her life of prostitution, how she is lured to London and comes to her sexual maturity and financial independence, before she is reunited and married to her first love, Charles. Combining the conventions of early modern erotica and the sentimental novel, Memoirs has a heroine who is motivated both by her lust and love. Although Fanny cannot control her sexually propelled body with her will, she keenly distinguishes between purely physical pleasures and perfect sex combined with love. She ultimately ends in marriage and embraces marital sexuality, its most legitimate form Cleland approves of. In the first chapter, I will briefly introduce the historical background of Memoirs and critics’ responses to this classic. In the second chapter, I will introduce some early modern erotica before Memoirs and contrast them with Cleland’s work in terms of narrative form, language, style, and conception of sexuality. In the third chapter, tracing the influence of sentimental novel on Memoirs, I will compare and contrast Fanny with the virtuous Pamela. Cleland’s innovation lies in that he does not simply see female nature as either lustful or modest, but believes that sexuality and modesty can coexist. Cleland’s different approach to female sexual nature consequently changes the definition of female virtue, and transforms a libertine prostitute to a virtuous wife. In the conclusion, I underscore that Memoirs sets a role model and indicates a new direction for erotic writings with its successful creation of a living figure.

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