创伤理论视角下《苏菲的选择》中苏菲的悲剧命运分析_英语论文

Analysis of Sophie’s Tragic Fate in Sophie’s Choice from Trauma Theory

摘要

威廉·斯泰龙是美国历史上伟大的作家和散文家,他的作品《苏菲的选择》在纽约时报畅销书榜单上保持了47周。他认为，奴隶制和奥斯维辛是人类生存的两种特例，通过这两种特例可以获得对人类生存状态、人性、理性、道德等问题的深入理解。《苏菲的选择》是以纳粹大屠杀为主题的大屠杀反思文学作品。小说以奥斯维辛集中营幸存者苏菲的悲惨命运为中心，讲述了二战期间的纳粹大屠杀事件。

本文运用创伤理论解读《苏菲的选择》中苏菲的悲剧命运。本文从创伤理论的角度主要解读苏菲的悲剧命运。苏菲是《苏菲的选择》中的悲剧人物，当她在奥斯维辛集中营的时候她经历了一系列的创伤，那些创伤导致了她的悲剧命运。她经历了的创伤对她产生了许多影响，比如重新经历，总是想逃避，对上帝失去了信仰。虽然她努力地通过讲述她的故事，重新与其他人接触等方法来恢复，可是她失败了。

关键词:创伤理论；苏菲的选择；悲剧命运 

Abstract

William Styron was a great American writer and essayist in history. His works Sophie’s Choice remained on News Time for the best seller last for 49 weeks. He thinks slavery and Auschwitz are two exceptions in human. By these two exceptions, he can deeply understand the question of human condition, humanity, reason and morality and so on. Sophie’s Choice is a rethinking literature work that concentrates on the Holocaust. This work is focused on the tragic fate of Sophie, a survivor from Auschwitz. 

This thesis uses trauma theory to analyze Sophie’s tragic fate in Sophie’s Choice. It concentrates on the analysis of Sophie’s tragic fate from the perspective of trauma theory. Sophie is a tragic character in Sophie’s Choice. She experiences a serious of tragic events when she is in the camp of Auschwitz. These events lead to her tragic fate. She experiences many traumatic symptoms and effects such as re-experience and avoidance and guilt and loss of belief in God. Although she makes great efforts to recover from trauma by telling traumatic stories and reconnecting with others, she fails.

Keywords:  trauma theory  Sophie’s Choice  tragic fate  

Contents

Acknowledgements I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to William Styron 1

1.2 Introduction to Sophie’s Choice 1

1.3 Literature Review 2

1.4 Significance and Composition of the Thesis 2

Chapter Two Trauma Theory 3

2.1 A Brief Introduction to Trauma Theory 3

2.2 Recovery from Trauma 3

Chapter Three Sophie’s Tragic Fate 5

3.1 Sophie’s Traumatic Symptoms 5

3.1.1 Re-experience 5

3.1.2 Avoidance 5

3.2 Traumatic Effects on Sophie 6

3.2.1 Guilt 6

3.2.2 Loss of Belief in God 7

3.3 Failing to Recover from Trauma 9

Chapter Four Conclusion 11