On the Gothic features of Salome_英语论文

摘要

奥斯卡·王尔德是19世纪最著名的英国作家之一，同时也是一位最具争议的作家。作为唯美主义艺术运动的带头者和践行者，他的戏剧《莎乐美》是他的唯美主义的代表作。《莎乐美》的故事取材自圣经，经过王尔德的改编莎乐美从圣经中一个连名字都未提及的角色成为了故事的中心，从希罗底的复仇工具成为了一个有自主意识为了自己的欲望大胆追求爱情的女人。王尔德的《莎乐美》具有明显的哥特式特征，如反复出现的死亡主题，黑暗荒凉的背景，血腥恐怖的情节。哥特式特征广泛存在于英美文学中并且根植于西方文化中，对唯美主义和浪漫主义有较深的影响。本文将三个方面分析王尔德的《莎乐美》中的哥特式特征，第一章分析其哥特式主题，第二章对魔化角色——莎乐美进行分析，第三章分析哥特式的环境设定和意象。

关键词：奥斯卡·王尔德 《莎乐美》 哥特式特征

Abstract

Oscar Wilde is one of the most famous British writers of the 19th century and is also one of the most controversial writers. As the frontrunner and practitioner of the aestheticism movement, the play Salome is his aestheticism Masterpiece. The story of Salome is drawn from the Bible, after Oscar Wilde's adaptation, Salome, whose name isn’t even mentioned in the Biblical story, becomes the center of the story. She becomes from Herodias's revenge tool to a woman with self-consciousness who pursues love audaciously for her own desire. Wilde's Salome has obvious Gothic features, such as the recurrence of death motif, gloomy and bleak background, bloody and horrible plot. Gothic features are widely found in English literature and root in Western culture, having a profound influence on aestheticism and romanticism. This thesis will analyze the Gothic features of Wilde's "Salome" from three aspects, the first chapter analyzes its Gothic theme, the second chapter analyzes the demonized character - Salome, and the third chapter analyzes the Gothic environment setting and Gothic images.

Key words: Oscar Wilde; Salome; Gothic features

Contents

摘要.I 

Abstract  II

1. Introduction .1 

2. The Gothic Themes3

2.1 The Religious Origin and paganism color3

2.2 Death and Desire4 

2.3 Morbid love6

3.  The Demonic Character—Salome8

3.1 The Change of the Image of Salome8

3.2 The Avatar of Dangerous Temptation8

3.3 Salome’s Complex of decollation10

4.  Gothic Image and Gothic Atmosphere11

4.1 The Significant Image—Moon.11

4.2 Gothic atmosphere12

5.  Conclusion.14

Bibliography.15

Acknowledgement16