生命失落和复得--原型视域下解读《苏菲选择》.docVIP

LOSS AND REGAIN OF LIFE: AN ARCHETYPAL STUDY OF SOPHIE ’ S CHOICE A Thesis Submitted to the School of Foreign Languages Shenyang Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts By Zhou Guangping Under the Supervision of Professor Fan Gexin May 2013 ABSTRACT William Styron is regarded as one of the greatest stylists and novelists. There are always complex structures and strong power in his works which are apparently influenced by the famous southern writer, William Faulkner. As a southern writer, his works are provided with the characteristics of the south, but not restricted to the southern topics and themes and he is famous for diversification of styles. He is particularly good at unfolding the time features dramatically through different types of characters. Sophie ?s Choice is one of the most famous works of William Styron. Once published, the novel brought William Styron the American Book Award for fiction in 1980. In this novel, the writer reconstructed the history of Nazi Holocaust through narrating Sophie?s life in Auschwitz and later in America. The novel also reflects some experiences of Stingo, the narrator of the story, who was instructed and thus grew up. This novel makes us understand the complexity and dignity of humanity and makes us feel the misery and sadness of life. Critics have different ideas to this novel. The struggle of humanity and courage was consistently talked in the whole novel. And the heroine who is encircled in the feeling of loss is always in the process of pursuing the meaning of life. This thesis concentrates on biblical and mythical archetypal study of this novel on basis of Jung?s interpretation of archetypal theory and Frye?s practical archetypal analysis. i This thesis begins with a brief introduction to the author, William Styron, including his life experience, his works, an introduction to the novel Sophie ?s Choice and the summarized literary reviews. The related introduction