论《饥饿游戏》三部曲中音乐的重要性及其作用_英语论文

The Significance and Functions of the Music in The Hunger Games Trilogy

摘要

音乐在小说《饥饿游戏》三部曲中发挥了重要的作用。因此，本文希望通过研究小说中与音乐有关的方面，来分析音乐对小说背景、人物、主题和结构的意义及作用，从而进一步发现小说与音乐存在的联系。

小说一共由6个章节构成。第一章是简介，主要包括作者介绍、故事梗概和总结前人的研究成果。第二章则指出了小说中运用音乐的地方，例如使用自然之声、摇篮曲和民谣。在第二章的基础上，第三章着重分析小说中音乐的重要性和作用，其中包括推动情节发展、增强对比和体现人物心理活动、塑造人物形象。第四章则分析了音乐对展现小说中所蕴含的深层生态主义和反乌托邦这两个主题的作用。下一个章节，通过比较复调音乐和多线叙事、奏鸣曲和铺垫以及回旋曲和意向重复，从音乐的角度分析整篇小说的结构。最后一章，是对全文的总结，概括叙述前面提到的音乐在该小说中的重要性和作用。

关键字：小说; 音乐; 摇篮曲和民谣; 重要性和作用 

Abstract

Music has played an important role in The Hunger Games trilogy. Therefore, the thesis aims at studying the aspects that are related to music in The Hunger Games trilogy to analyze the significance and functions of the music in these aspects such as background, characters, theme and the structure in this trilogy. 

The outline of the thesis is as follows. The first chapter introduces both the author and the story and related researches done previously. The second chapter mainly shows examples where the music such as nature sounds, lullabies and ballads, is used in the story. Based on the second chapter, the third part analyzes the significance and functions of the music in the trilogy, including developing plots, enhancing contrast and shaping and reflecting characters’ modes and personalities. The fourth chapter talks about music’s role in expressing two themes contained in the trilogy: deep ecology and dystopia. The next chapter analyzes the structure of the novel from the perspective of music, by comparing polyphony and the multi-thread narration, sonata and foreshadowing and rondo and the repetition of images. The last chapter is the conclusion of the whole thesis to again summarize music’s significance and functions in the novel.

Keywords: novel; music; lullaby and ballad; significance and function

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1. Suzanne Collins and The Hunger Games Trilogy 1

1.2. Literature Review 2

1.2.1. The Close Connection of Music and Novels in Its Early Stage 2

1.2.2. Music and the Contents of Novels 2

1.2.3. Music and Forms of Novels 4

2. Music in The Hunger Games Trilogy 6

2.1. The Sounds of Nature 6

2.2. Lullaby and Ballad As the Background Music 7

3. The Significance and Functions of The Music in The Hunger Games Trilogy 11

3.1. To Help Develop Plots 11

3.2. To Enhance Contrast 11

3.3. To Shape and Reflect Character’s Moods and Personalities 12

3.3.1. The protagonist, Katniss Everdeen 12

3.3.2. The father of Katniss Everdeen 13

4. Music and The Theme of The Hunger Games Trilogy 14

4.1. Deep Ecology 14

4.2. Dystopia 15

5. Music and the structure of The Hunger Games Trilogy 16

5.1. Polyphony and The Multi-thread Narration 16

5.2. Sonata and Foreshadowing 16

5.3. Rondo and the Repetition of Images 17

6. Conclusion 18