《赎罪》的圣经原型解读_英语论文

Biblical Archetypal Analysis of Atonement

摘要

伊恩·麦克尤恩是当代英国著名作家，他的代表作《赎罪》描述战争，抒写爱情，探讨英国社会的种种阶级矛盾，体现出了浓浓的人文主义关怀和社会思考。该作品讲述了一个关于爱情、罪恶和战争的故事。主人公布里奥妮少不更事犯下无法弥补的错误，随着她年龄的增长，她意识到了自己的错误，自此花费一生的时间创作了小说《赎罪》，以求为自己早年犯下的错误赎罪。

在小说《赎罪》中，麦克尤恩塑造的主要人物形象、文中出现的意象以及小说主题“赎罪”与圣经在某些程度上相似。本文尝试以弗莱的原型批评理论为基础，分析作品中主要人物形象、出现的意象以及主题与《圣经》的联系，揭示小说《赎罪》中的《圣经》原型，在文化背景中加深对此部小说的理解，探讨小说原型背后的人文关怀和哲学思考。

关键词: 赎罪；伊恩·麦克尤恩；原型批评

Abstract

Ian McEwan is among the most conspicuous contemporary writers in English literary world. His masterpiece Atonement is a huge treasure of world literature. This novel is mainly about war, love and class contradictions in English society. The story is about Briony. She made a serious mistake when she was young. Five years later, Briony realized her wrong behavior and wanted to try her best to recover her errors. She spent her whole life atoning for her mistake by creating a novel Atonement.

In Atonement, the main characters, images, and the theme “atonement” are similar to the Bible in some ways. Based on Frye’s archetypal criticism theories, this thesis tries to analyze the main characters, images, and the theme “atonement” compared with the Bible, to reveal the biblical archetypes in Atonement, to enlarge the understanding of this novel under the cultural background, and to discuss the humanistic care and philosophical reflection which is behind the archetypes in novel creation.  

Keywords: Atonement  Ian McEwan  archetypal criticism  

Contents

Acknowledgments I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to the Author 1

1.2 Introduction to Atonement 1

1.3 Literature Review 2

1.4 The Composition and Significance of the Thesis 3

Chapter Two Archetypal Criticism Theories 4

2.1 Origins and Development of Archetypal Criticism Theories 4

2.2 Archetypal Criticism Theories by Northrop Frye 4

Chapter Three Biblical Archetypal Analysis of Atonement 6

3.1 The Biblical Archetypes in Characters 6

3.1.1 Briony: Judas 6

3.1.2 Robbie: Jesus 7

3.2 The Biblical Archetypes in Images 8

3.2.1 Sea: Flood 8

3.2.2 Evacuation Boat: Noah’s Ark 9

3.3 The Biblical Archetype in Theme--Atonement 9

3.3.1 “Atonement” in the Bible 9

3.3.2 “Atonement” in Atonement 10

3.3.3 Inheriting and Developing the Motif “Atonement” in the Bible 11

Chapter Four Conclusion 13

References 14