白鲸的象征意义英语毕业论文文档格式.docx
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摘要
《白鲸》是美国伟大的象征主义大师麦尔维尔的一部重要作品,发表于1851年。
但是当时并没有引起人们的重视,直到1919年以后才被文学界重视。
我觉得《白鲸》之所以受到如此重视,不仅在于它生动细致的描写了捕鲸的壮观场面和过程,以及对人物心世界的深刻挖掘,在很大意义上还取决于它的象征意义,从而展现了作者对人类文明和命运的独特反思。
小说捕鱼的过程就是善与恶、人与自然之间无休止的战争的最好说明。
本文将对各个要素的象征意义进行探索分析。
实际上,小说里的多种人和物看似是作者编纂的,其实他们都具有一定的象征意义,都蕴含着作者对社会、对人生的独特见解。
对于小说的象征意义众说纷纭,有人认为白鲸是善的象征,有人又把它看作是恶的体现,还有人认为它代表着大自然,代表着资本主义,“一千个读者就有一千个哈姆雷特”,在作者的笔下白鲸颇有神秘色彩。
小说中所使用的象征手法还有很多,例如船长,船,伊什梅尔等,这种写作手法的使用使这篇小说意义深远,令人回味无穷。
所以它被称为是一部“可以让读者任意理解的”巨著,深受读者和现代评论家的赞美。
本文将对MobyDick、Ahab、IshmaelandPequod、Queequeqandthesea六个素材的象征意义进行探索分析。
关键词:
莫比迪克;
象征主义;
自然
ABSTRACT
MobyDick,publishedin1851,isonemasterpieceofMelvillewhoisthenoticeablesymbolistmasterofAmerican.Butitfailedtobringhimthefamehehadacquiredinthe19th.ThereisnodenyingthatMobyDickattractedsoseriouslyattention,notonlyliesinitsvividanddetaileddescriptionofthespectacularprocessofwhaling,aswellasthedeepexcavationoftheinnerworldofcharacters,toagreatextent,italsodependsonitssymbolismwhichshowuniquereflectionofhumancivilizationandthefate.Thecourseofwhalingistheembodimentoftheceaselessconflictsbetweengoodandevil,ofnature’sindifferencetoman.
Thisthesiswillexplorethesymbolofthevariouselementsinthenovel.Avarietyofelementsinthisnovelappearstobemadeupbytheauthor,infact,theyhaveacertainsymbolicsignificance,whichcontainstheuniqueinsightsintolifeandsociety.Melvillemakesthisconflictliveforthereaderusingsymbolswhichinvitevariousinterpretations.Thewhitewhale,MobyDick,somethinkitsymbolizesgood,theotherregarditasembodimentofevil,whilemoreinsistitrepresentsthenature,eventhecapitalism.“ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople’seyes”,inauthor’spen,MobyDickisquitemysterious.Thereisaplethoraofsymbolicusing,forinstance,CaptainAhab,theship,Ishmael,andsoon.Thiswritingtechniquesleadtoafar-reachingsignificance.Soitisknownas“abookwhichreaderscanunderstandarbitrarily”,praisingbythereadersandmoderncritics,IwillanalyzethesymbolismofMobyDick,Ahab,IshmaelandPequod,Queequeqandtheseasixmaterialhere.
KeyWords:
MobyDick,symbolism,nature
TableofContents
ChapterOneINTRODUCTION……………………………………………….1
1.1BackgroundofHermanMelville…………………………………………1
1.2TheplotofMobyDick…………………………………………………..1
ChapterTwoMOBYDICKANDAHAB…………………………………..3
2.1TheSymbolicmeaningofMobyDick…………………………………..3
2.2MobyDick’swhiteness…………………………………………………4
2.3TheSymbolicmeaningofAhab…………………………………………..4
ChapterThreeOTHERSYMBOLIC………………………………………..7
3.1TheSymbolicmeaningofIshmaelandQueequeq………………………….7
3.2TheSymbolicmeaningofPequod………………………………………..8
3.3Symbolicmeaningofthesea………………………………………………9
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………….……..11
REFERENCES…………………………………………………………….……12
THESYMBOLISMOFMOBYDICK
ChapterOneINTRODUCTION
1.1BackgroundofHermanMelville
HermanMelvillewasborninNewYork,andhischildhoodwashappytotheageofelevenwhenhisfatherdiedindebt.Hehadlittleeducationandbegantoworkearly.Hehadbeabankclerk,asalesman,andaschoolteacher,andwhentheseallfailedtoofferhimadecentlivelihood,hewenttoseaatabouttwenty.HewasaWhaler,aboutthelowestofsailors.InthatcapacityhesawlifefromthebottomasdidMarkTwain.HewenttoLiverpool,England,andtheSouthPacific,spendingmostofhisyoungmanhoodonthesea.FromhisexperiencesandadventuresontheseawouldcomethematerialforhisMobyDick.
1.2TheplotofMobyDick
MobyDick,fromwhichwecangettoknowthenineteenth-centuryAmericanmindandAmericanitself,isfirstaShakespeareantragedyofmanfightingagainstoverwhelmingoddsindifferentandevenhostileuniverse.Anditisasprawlingcolossusintowhichtheauthorkeptdumpingeverythinghesawasnecessarytoprovehispoint.
Thestorygoesroughlyasfollows.Ishmael,feelingdepressed,seeksescapebygoingouttoseaonthewhalingship,Pequod.ThecaptainisAhab,themanwithoneleg.MobyDick,thewhitewhale,hadshearedoffhislegonapreviousvoyage,andAhabresolvestohunthimtothekill.Hehangsadoubloononthemastasarewardforanyonewhosightsthewhalefirst.ThePequodmakesagoodcatchofwhalesbutAhabrefusestoturnbackuntilhehaskilledhisenemy.Eventuallythewhitewhaleappears,andthePequodbeginsitsdoomedfightwithit.Onthefirstdaythewhaleoverturnsaboat;
ontheseconditswampsanother.Whenthethirddaycomes,Ahabandhiscrewmanagetoplungeaharpoonintoit,butthewhalecarriesthePequodalongwithittoitsdoom.Allonboardthewhalergetdrowned,exceptone,Ishmael,whosurvivestotellthetale.
MobyDickisahighly
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