摘要 

本文从劳森与鲁迅的小说出发，探讨丛林“吃人”与礼教“吃人”的疯癫意象及死亡意象。主要通过比较二人作品中的人物形象及人物命运来表达丛林“吃人”与礼教“吃人”的特征。劳森认为丛林儿女是澳大利亚民族形成时期丛林人的化身，劳森通过丛林自然环境恶劣来说明丛林“吃人”的特征，目的是赞扬丛林儿女勇于抗争的英雄形象，由此构建澳大利亚独立的民族身份。鲁迅则借助人物命运的悲惨，讽刺黑暗礼教“吃人”的画面，目的是呼吁民族推翻封建礼教。因此，劳森笔下的“丛林吃人”是为了赞扬丛林抗争精神，而鲁迅笔下的“礼教吃人”是为了讽刺礼教的黑暗。

关键词：丛林，礼教，疯癫，死亡 

Contents

摘要 i

Abstract ii

Acknowledgements iii

1  Introduction 8

1.1 Literature Review 8

1.2 Significance of Comparative Study 8

2 The Images of Madness in Bush Absorption and Human-eating System 9

2.1 The Images of Madness in Human-eating System 9

2.2 The Images of Madness in Bush Absorption 10

3 The Images of Death between Bush Absorption and Human-eating System 12

3.1 The dead Images of Children 12

3.2 The Dead Images of Adults 13

4 The Similarities and Differences of Bush Absorption and Human-eating System 15

4.1 The Similarities of Bush Absorption and the Human-eating System 15

4.2 The Differences of Bush Absorption and the Human-eating System 16

5  Conclusion 17

6  References 18