An Analysis of Alice in Wonderland from the Perspective of Absurdism_英语论文

摘要

《爱丽丝梦游仙境》是十九世纪英国作家兼牛津大学基督学院数学教师刘易斯·卡罗尔创作的著名儿童文学作品，是十九世纪最具影响力的荒诞小说之一。这部童话虽然充满了荒诞不经的奇异幻想，但作家却在其中深刻地影射着十九世纪中期英国的社会现实。这些无不使读者从笑话中见到严肃、在荒诞里悟出理性。随着爱丽丝的所见所闻所历，可以感受到这个时代处处拘于礼仪、古扳迂腐的生活氛围。本文通过对《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中人物与场景的分析与解读，深化人们对《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中各元素的认知，使人们更深入地了解《爱丽丝梦游仙境》这部作品所体现出的荒诞性，并进一步揭示了《爱丽丝梦游仙境》与社会现实之间的关系，从而可以更进一步的挖掘小说的艺术特点与深层主题意蕴和文学价值。

关键词：荒诞主义  荒诞  维多利亚时期  “爱丽丝梦游仙境”

Abstract

Alice in Wonderland is a famous children’s literature written by Lewis Carroll, a 19th-century English writer and math teacher at the Christian College of Oxford University. It is one of the most significant absurd novels of the 19th century. Although this fairy tale embodies the ridiculous fantasy of imagination, the author deeply reflects the social reality of Britain in the mid-19th century, which makes readers see the seriousness from jokes and rationality in absurdity. As Alice experienced, people can feel the atmosphere of life and temperament in this era. Through the analysis and interpretation of the characters and scenes in Alice in Wonderland, this thesis deepens people’s cognition of the elements in Alice in Wonderland and makes people understand the works of Alice in Wonderland more profoundly. The embodied absurdity further reveals the relationship between Alice in Wonderland and the social reality, so to further explore the artistic characteristics of the novel and the deep theme and literary value.

Key words: Absurdism  Absurdity  Victorian Era  Alice in Wonderland

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction.1

1.1  A Brief Introduction to Lewis Carroll1

1.2  A Brief Introduction to Alice in Wonderland.1

1.3  Purpose of the Thesis.2

1.4  Structure of the Thesis3

Chapter Two  Literature Review.4

2.1  Previous Studies on Alice in Wonderland .4

2.2  Previous Studies on Absurdism7

2.3  Comments.8

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framewor.10

3.1  Introduction10

3.2  Definition of Absurdism.11

3.3  Development of Absurdism11

3.4  Significances of Absurdism12

Chapter Four  Absurdism Analysis in Alice in Wonderland.14

4.1  Introduction14

4.2  Analysis of Characters’ Experience.15

4.2.1 Alice.15

4.2.2 Mad Hatter17

4.2.3 The Queen of Hearts.18

4.3  Analysis of Scenes19

4.3.1 The Caucus-Race .19

4.3.2 The Queen’s Croquet Ground .20

4.3.3 The Law and Order.21

4.4  Other Elements.22

4.5  Discussion24

Chapter Five  Conclusion.25

Bibliography

Acknowledgments