摘要
著名的爱尔兰作家乔伊斯的短篇小说集《都柏林人》在西方文学史上享有良好的声誉，这本小说集总共包括15篇小说, 从多个层面生动的呈现出了二十世纪初期都柏林中下层市民的社会生活,深刻地揭示了当时在大英帝国的殖民统治下和天主教的压迫下，爱尔兰人所表现出来的麻木不仁和精神瘫痪的状态。
本篇论文从象征手法的角度出发，分别选取童年、青年、成年三个阶段中的一篇小说进行了略论，致力于论证象征手法在《都柏林人》中的应用体现了小说集的瘫痪主题。文章首先阐述了都柏林人的瘫痪主题，并介绍了象征手法的相关内容。然后略论了象征手法在小说集中的应用，并以《阿拉比》、《伊芙琳》、《一朵浮云》三篇短篇小说为例详细地论证象征手法的应用是如何体现其瘫痪主题的。最后，本文对象征手法的略论做出总结，通过对三篇短篇小说中具有代表性的象征意象的略论，肯定了象征手法在《都柏林人》中的应用成功的体现了小说集的瘫痪主题。
本文把象征手法与瘫痪主题相结合，对《都柏林人》的探讨做了一定补充，英语论文，另外为以后赏析象征手法在文学著作中的影响打下基础。
关键词：都柏林人，英语毕业论文，象征手法，瘫痪主题
Abstract
James Joyce is one of the most influential Irish writers of the 20th century. Dubliners is one of his famous works, including fifteen short stories. It describes the social lives of the middle and lower classes in Dublin in the early 20th century and it reflects the apathetic and paralyzed social life of Dubliners under the double oppressions from the British Empire and the Catholic Church.
This paper will discuss the role of symbolism plays in the three stories in Dubliners. It demonstrates that the theme of paralysis of Dubliners is presented by the use of symbolism. The paper combines the symbolism and the theme of paralysis, which is a supplement to the study of Dubliners. What’s more it will lay a foundation for the appreciation of symbolism in English literature.
The paper firstly explains the theme of paralysis and gives a brief introduction of symbolism. Following them, it analyzes the role of symbolism in Dubliners and cites three short stories, “Araby”, “Eveline” and “A Little Cloud” as a typical case to demonstrate a successful use of symbolism in presenting the theme of paralysis. Finally, it makes a summary of my discussion and reaches the conclusion that the theme of paralysis in Dubliners is artistically expressed by way of symbolism.
Key words: Dubliners, symbolism, theme of paralysis |
