On the Symbolic Meaning in Melville’s Moby Dick 论麦尔维尔《白鲸》中的象征意义.doc

PAGE iv On the Symbolic Meaning in Melville’s Moby Dick Abstract: Herman Melville is now recognized as one of the greatest writers of the 19th century and his masterpiece Moby Dick is regarded as a classical novel in the history of American literature. The book tells the story of Captain Ahab’s crazy chase about a white whale Moby Dick who has torn off one of his legs. One of the striking traits of Moby Dick is the author’s use of symbolism to express his thoughts and opinions, which is one of the reasons for its popularity. The book is highly symbolic. Almost everything, from typical characters to natural landscapes, mentioned has its symbolic meaning. Therefore, it is quite necessary to analyze the symbolic meaning of the novel. The researches on its symbolic meaning are enduring, but these analyses are scattered over. On the basis of previous researches, the thesis provides a systematic analysis on the symbolic meaning of the novel from the aspects of its themes and two main clues. It firstly analyzes the symbolic meaning of its two main themes: revenge, human and nature, and then analyzes the symbolic meaning of the main characters and main images mentioned in its two main clues separately. Key words: symbolic meaning; Moby Dick; themes; clues 论麦尔维尔《白鲸》中的象征意义 学生姓名 王洪青 指导教师 刘玉玲 摘要：赫尔曼·梅尔维尔现在被公认为是十九世纪最伟大的作家之一， 他的代表作《白鲸》是美国文学史上的一部经典之作。 作品讲述了亚哈伯船长对一条曾经咬掉他一条腿的叫做莫比.迪克的白鲸的疯狂追击。《白鲸》的独到之处在于整部作品娴熟的用象征手法来表达作者的思想和见解。而且《白鲸》在美国受到好评的原因之一就是象征手法的广泛应用。这本书极具象征意义。 从典型的人物到自然景观，小说中出现的任何事物都有其象征意义。 因此， 对小说的象征意义进行分析是非常必要的。 评论家们对《白鲸》象征意义的研究经久不衰，但是这些研究都比较分散。 本文在已有研究的基础上从小说的主题和线索两个方面入手对小说的象征意义进行了比较系统的分析。 文章首先分析了小说的两个主题：复仇以及人与自然的象征意义。 然后分别分析了小说的两条主要线索中涉及到的主要人物及意象的象征意义。 关键词：象征意义； 《白鲸》； 主题； 线索 Table of Contents TOC \o 1-3 \h \u 15308 Acknowledgements = 1 \* roman i 2637 Abstract in English = 2 \* roman ii 27792 Abstract in Chinese = 3 \* roman iii 12448 Table of contents = 4 \* roman iv 26450 Ⅰ Introduction 1 12361 Ⅱ Literature Review 1 27956 Ⅲ Symbolic Meani