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1、本科生畢業(yè)論文《白鯨》的象征意義AReadingofSymbolsinMobyDick題目:《白鯨》的象征意義摘要:《白鯨》使美國(guó)作家麥爾維爾譽(yù)滿(mǎn)全球,它不僅是一部驚心動(dòng)魄的災(zāi)難歷險(xiǎn)小說(shuō),也是一部被賦予象征意味的哲理小說(shuō)。其中的白鯨被描寫(xiě)成無(wú)處不在,無(wú)所不能的萬(wàn)能的上帝。埃哈布船長(zhǎng)為復(fù)仇遠(yuǎn)涉重洋捕捉白鯨,最后自己,同伴與白鯨同歸于盡的事跡,既表現(xiàn)了人類(lèi)的勇敢與忍耐,也反映了他們的偏執(zhí)與瘋狂。另一個(gè)貫穿全文的象征就是“床單”,它象征世界不同文化的混合與交織,世界就像一塊由多種布拼湊而成的床單,由不同的文化、種族、背景交織而成,人們?cè)谝黄鹣嗷ヒ揽浚嗷ヒ来?,小說(shuō)中來(lái)自不同國(guó)家的船員就是最生動(dòng)形象的
2、體現(xiàn)。關(guān)鍵詞:白鯨;埃哈布;上帝;人類(lèi);床單Title:AReadingofSymbolsinMobyDickAbstract:MobyDickisnotmerelyawhalingtaleorseaadventure,butalsoaphilosophicnovelwithsymbolicmeanings.MobyDickrepresentsGodowingtohisgodlikecharactersandhisawfullyseverebeauty.Ahabsymbolizestheleaguehumanwithevil.Inthewhalingtrip,wecanseehisbraver
3、yandpatience,aswellashismadnessandstubbornness.Thethirdsymbolicelementistheideaofthe“counterpane”thatiswoventhroughoutthestoryasasymboloftheworld’smulticulturalism.Melvilledevelopsthesymbolprovingthattheworldisindeedacounterpaneofdiversecultures,races,andenvironment,inwhichwearealwaysconnectedbyourh
4、umanity.Keywords:MobyDick;Arab;God;human;counterpaneContentsI.Introduction………………………………………………………………...…6II.TheSymbolicMeaningsofMobyDick…………………………..…………71.MobyDick’sCharacteristics……………………………………….…….72.MobyDick’sWhiteness…………………………………………….…….83.MobyDick’sPowerandStrength……………………...……………..…..8III.TheS
5、ymbolicMeaningsofAhab…………………………...……………....91.TheNameAhab……….……………...……………………………...…102.Ahab’sMadness…………………………………………………....……..103.Ahab’sCharacters………………………………………...……...………12IV.TheSymbolicMeaningsofCounterpane………………………………..….141.TheGrandioseSea…………………………………………...…….……..142.TheCrewofthePequod………………
6、……………………………....….143.TheCharacterQueequeg…………………………………….….…………16V.Conclusion………………………………………...…………………….…...18Notes……………………………………………………………...……..…….…19Bibliography………………………………………………………………...…...20I.IntroductionMobyDickisMelville’smasterpiece,butitisoverlookedinitsauthor’stime.TherevivalinterestinMoby
7、Dickinthe1920sisofthemostdramaticreversalsinallliteraryhistory.Fromaby-lineinthetextbooks,Melvillebecomes,overnight,oneofthehalf-dozenmajorAmericanliteraryfiguresofthe19thcentury.Somecriticsholdittheg