On the Art of Irony in Animal Farm_英语论文

摘要

本文将主要讨论小说《动物农场》中的讽刺艺术及其运用。本文将从小说的写作背景和奥威尔的个人经历出发，通过对小说中主要动物角色及他们背后所代表的人物形象进行分析，如“拿破仑”、“雪球”、“拳击手”、“本杰明”等，结合两种讽刺手法，即结构讽刺和言语讽刺，探讨作品中讽刺手法的运用，从而了解这部寓言故事的背后寓意，加深对作品背后暗指的阶级斗争和共产主义革命的认识，揭露极权统治的真实面貌。此外，奥威尔的这部政治寓言小说不仅反映了当时的社会现象，也给予了当今政府的统治和个人一个警示。

关键词：乔治.奥威尔 动物农场 讽刺艺术 极权主义

Abstract

This thesis mainly discusses the art of irony in Animal Farm. Combining with its writing background and author’s experience, and with two types of irony -- structural irony and verbal irony, this thesis will mainly analyze the art of irony of those typical characters, such as “Napoleon” 、“Snowball” 、“Boxer” 、“Benjamin” and so on. By writing this thesis, writer of this paper wants to get to know the implied meaning of this allegorical novel and expose the real appearance of totalitarianism. Besides, this novel not only reflects the situation at that age, but also warns today’s government and individuals.

Key words: George Orwell; Animal Farm; Art of Irony; Totalitarianism

Contents

1. Introduction 2

1.1 The Background Information of Animal Farm 3

1.2 The Main Idea of Animal Farm 4

2. A Deep Analysis on the Art of Irony in Animal Farm 6

2.1 Structural Irony 6

2.2 Verbal Irony 7

2.3 Analysis on the Irony expressed in the Characters 8

2.3.1 Napoleon--A Dictator 8

2.3.2 Snowball----An Idealist 10

2.3.3 Benjamin--An Intellect 12

2.3.4 Boxer--A Loyal Follower 13

3.Conclusion 15

Bibliography 17

Acknowledgments 18