分析花在作品《儿子与情人》中的象征意义学位论文.docx
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分析花在作品《儿子与情人》中的象征意义学位论文
Abstract
LawrenceisthefamousEnglishnovelistandpoetinthetwentiethcentury.InLawrence'sautobiographicalnovelSonsandLovers,theauthorappliesmanysymbols.Thehiddenimagesandsymboliclanguageshelptoillustratetheinnerpurportofthenovelandthecomplicatedandinnermostfeelingsofthecharacter.Inalargenumberofhisworks,symbolismhasbeenwidelyused.InhismasterpieceSonsandLovers,hehassuccessfullyappliedsymbolismandpresentedtheimagethroughouttheentirenovelthatflowerimagethroughoutthenovelanddifferentflowerssymbolizeadifferentpersonalitytrait.Thehero’sattitudestowardsflowersfromheroimplythedeepthemesofthenovel.Thepaperdiscussesthreeheroinesandthreedifferentkindsofflowerssymbolizethedevelopmentoftheplotinnovels.Thispapertriestoanalyzethesymbolicmeaningsof‘Flowers’inSonsAndLovers.
KeyWords:
D.H.Lawrence;SonsandLovers;flowers;symbolism
摘要
劳伦斯是二十世纪著名的英国小说家与诗人,在他所创作的大量作品中,象征主义描写占据了相当的篇幅。
在代表作《儿子与情人》中,他成功运用了这一手法,赋予了贯穿整部小说的意象“花”以深刻的象征寓意。
花的意象贯穿始终,不同的花暗示不同的人物性格特征,从主人公对花的态度来暗示人物的深层心态,揭示小说的深层主题,文中对花的描写象征了小说中的三个女主人公,暗示了小说中情节的发展。
本文试从花与主人公的联系来对作品进行解读。
关键词:
劳伦斯;《儿子与情人》;花;象征主义
Contents
Abstracti
摘要ii
1.Introduction1
1.1BriefintroductiontoSonsandLovers1
1.2Aimandobjectives2
1.3Organizationofthepaper2
2.LiteratureReview3
2.1Symbolism3
2.1.1Definitionandclassificationofsymbolism3
2.1.2Symbolisminotherworks3
2.2Previousstudiesonsymbolism4
2.2.1Foreignstudiesonsymbolism4
2.2.2Domesticstudiesonsymbolism4
3.ThesymbolicmeaningsofflowersinSonsandLovers6
3.1WhitelilieswerereelinginthemoonlightandMr.Morel’stwistedlove6
3.2SomberwhiteliliesandMiriam’slasttest7
3.3WhiteroseandthesymbolofMiriam’sspirituallove8
3.4BluebellandSymbolofClara’slongingfortruelove10
3.5IrisandSymbolofClara’ssexyfeatureandrebelliousspirit11
4.Conclusion12
4.1Majorfindings12
4.2Pedagogicalimplications12
4.3Limitationsandsuggestions12
References13
Acknowledgements14
1.Introduction
1.1BriefintroductiontoSonsandLovers
DavidHerbertLawrence(1885-1930)wasoneofthemostversatileandinfluentialBritishwritersintheearlytwentiethcentury.HewasbornonSeptember11,1885inaMidland-miningvillageofEastwood,Nottingham,onwhichtheEastwoodofSonsandLoveswasmodeled.Hisfatherwasaminerandhismotherwasbettereducatedandgenteel.Laterheescapedfromtheminingworldthrougheducation.Healwayshatedthemines,andfrequentlyusedtheminhiswritingtorepresentbothdarknessandindustrialism,whichhedespisedbecausehefeltitwasscarringtheEnglishcountryside.In1914,hemarriedFriedainGermany.HediedinFrancein1930,atage44.Inhisrelativelyshortlife,heproducedmorethan50volumesofshortstories,poems,plays,essays,traveljournals,lettersand,inadditiontothenovelsforwhichheisbestknown.AfterhisdeathFriedawrote,“Whathehadseenandfeltandknownhegaveinhiswritingtohisfellowman,thesplendorofliving,thehopeofmoreandmorelifehehadgiventhem,aheroicandimmeasurablegift”.OfLawrence’smostsignificantandmostcontroversialnovels,includingSonsandLovesandLadyChatterley’sLover,thebestisprobablyTheRainbow.AnotherfamousnovelisWomeninLove.
SonsandLoversisLawrence’ssemi-autobiographicalnovel,inwhichheemployedrichsymbolismtodevelophisdepiction.ThereisinitaratherrealisticrepresentationofmininglifeintheMidlands,whichtheauthorwasfamiliarwithinhischildhoodandearlymanhood,butmoresignificant,istheresemblanceofthestrongbondofmaternallovebetweenGertrudeMorelandPaulinthenovel.Tothenovelist’sownmother’sstrongholduponLawrenceandtheparallelstretchesitselftoPaul’searlyunsuccessfulloveaffairswithMiriamandClara.Freud’sinfluenceisalsoquiteobvioushere,thoughPaul’sinabilitytotearhimselfawayfromhismotherwhodefinitelysuggestsanillustrationof“Oedipuscomplex”seemsrathertohavebeenbasedonLawrence’sownexperience.Ittellsthestoryofacoalminer’sfamilywiththethirdsonPaulasthecentralcharacter.ThethreadofthestoryevolvedaroundPaul’sloveforthetwogirlsMiriamandClaraaswellashisloveforhismotherMrs.Morel.
Tobespecific,thelifeoftheMorelfamilyisunhappy,tense,anduneasy.WalterMorelisaminer,heandhiswife,Gertrude,havetwochildren,WilliamandAnnie.Mrs.Moreisfullwithhandlingherhusband'stemperandcaringforthechildren.Shehatesthatshehastostayhomewiththechildrenwhileherhusbandgetstogooutandenjoyhimself(i.e.drink).Whentheirthirdchild,Paul,isborn,Mrs.Moreldoesnotreallywantthenewbaby.Afterthebirthoftheirfourthchild,Arthur,theMorelfamilyiscomplete.
Mrs.Moreltransfersheraffectionsfromherhusbandtoherfirstson,William,whoisintelligentandactive.Heistheappleofhismother'seye,winningawards,doingwellinschoolandfindingjobseasily.Williamcatchespneumoniaanddies.AfterWilliam'sdeath,Mrs.MorelturnsherloveandattentiontoPaul.
Paul,alwayssensitiveandemotional,getsajobatThomasJordan's,asurgicalappliancesfactoryandstrikesafriendshipwithMiriamLeviers.Mrs.MoreldoesnotlikeMiriambecauseinherviewMiriamtakesallofPaul'senergy,desire,andfeelingswithnothingleftofhimforher.AfterPaulandMiriamhavesex,hedecidesthattheyarenotgoodforeachother,andbreaksofftheirrelationship,toMiriam'sangerandbitterness.PaulheadsintoanintenselysexualrelationshipwithClara.
Mrs.Morelfallsgravelyillandgrowsweakerbecauseofatumor.KnowingthatsheisprolongingherdeathtoliveforPaul,PaulandAnniecannotstandtoseetheirbelovedmotherliveinsuchpainthattheygiveheranextradosageofmorphine.Mrs.Moreldies.
PaulgoestoseeMiriam.Theypondergettingmarried,butPaulconfessesthathehasneitherdesirenoranyintentionofmarryingher.Miriamdecidestowaitaslongasittakesforhimtocometoher.Paulreturnshome,thinkingaboutthebondheshareswithhismother.Theirloveisstillaliveinhim,eventhoughshehasdied.
1.2Aimandobjectives
Thisstudyaimstolearntheconnotationandfeaturesofsymbolism.Ingeneral,symbolismcannotonlyinterpretthewriter’sthoughtbutalsoenrichtheauthor’sworldofartinthenovel.Byusingsymbolism,hedepictedchangesinnatureandthesubtleemotionalchangesofthecharacters.Thesedescriptionsrevealthecharacters’mindandtouchupontheiremotionanddesire.Symbolscanalwaysinterpretthewriters’thoughtandenrichtheauthor’sworldofideasandartinthenovel.
1.3Organizationofthepaper
Thispaperisdividedintofourchapters.Chapteroneservesasanoverallintroductiontothenovelandaimofthestudy.Chaptertwoisanoverviewofsymbolismandstudiesrelatedtopreviousstudiesonsymbolismincludingforeignstudiesanddomesticstudies.ChapterthreedescribesthesymbolicmeaningsofflowersinSonsandLovers.Finally,Chapterfourisdevotedtotheconclusioninwhichwewillputforwardthemajorfindingsandimplicationsofthestudy.
2.LiteratureReview
Inthischapter,wewillbrieflyintroduceanoverviewofsymbolismandstudiesconcerningsymbolismandpreviousstudiesonsymbolism.
2.1Symbolism
2.1.1Definitionandclassificationofsymbolism
Symbolismwasalatenineteenth-centuryartmovementofFrench,RussianandBelgianorigininpoetryandotherarts.Inliterature,thestylehaditsbeginningswiththepublicationLesFleurdumal(1857:
378)byCharlesBaudelaire.
AccordingtoOxford(2004:
1792),symbolis“person,anobject,anevent,etc.thatrepresentsamoregeneralqualityorsituation”,e.g.:
WhitehasalwaysbeenasymbolofpurityinWesterncultures.Thedoveissymbolicofpeace.Symbolismis“theuseofsymbolstorepresentideas,especiallyinartandliterature”.
Humanmindisfunctioningsymbolicallywhensomecomponentsofitsexperienceelicitconsciousness,beliefs,emotions,andusages,respectingothercomponentsofitsexperience.Theformersetofcomponentsisthe‘symbols,’andthelattersetconstitutesthe‘meaning’ofthesymbols.AccordingtoVivas,the“constitutivesymbol”is“considerablymorethanamatterofintendedmeaning”(D.H.Lawrence1913:
274).Hedefinesitfurtheras“acreativesynthesisofempiricalmatterwhichmanifestsitselfindramaticandmoraltermsandwhichfunctionscategorically”(D.H.Lawrence1913:
275).
Alfred,NorthWhitehead(1927)thinks“differentepochsofcivilizationdisclosegreatdifferencesintheirattitudetowardssymbolism.Architecturewassymbolical,ceremonialwassymbolical,heraldrywassymbolical.Therearedeepertypesofsymbolism,inasenseartificial,andyetsuchthatwecouldnotgetonwithoutthem.Language,writtenorspoken,issuchasymbolism.Themeresoundofaword,oritsshapeonpaper,isindifferent.Thewordisasymbol,anditsmeaningisconstitutedbytheideas,images,andemotions,whichitraisesinthemindofthehearer.Thereisalsoanothersortoflanguage,purelyawrittenlanguage,whichisconstitutedbythemathematicalsymbolsofthescienceofalgebra”.
2.1.2Symbolisminotherworks
InrecentdecadestherewerelargeamountsofresearchachievementsaboutthestudiesregardingsymbolismbothintheforeigncountriesandinChina.Forinstance,amongtheforeignstudies,HenryJames(1879),studiessymbolsinDaisyMillerwhoareDaisyherselfandheryoungerbrother,Randolph.DaisyisoftenseenasrepresentingAmerica:
sheisyoung,fresh,ingenuous,clueless,naïve,innocent,well
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