浅析《达洛卫夫人》中的死亡与平衡_英语论文

An Analysis of Death and Balance in Mrs. Dalloway 

摘要

弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫在其年少时期经历了亲人的离别之痛，这无人能感同身受的阴霾加剧了她的精神疾病，致使死亡在其小说中成为一个永恒的主题。无论是在其意识流小说代表作达洛维夫人中，还是在其生活经历之中，无时无刻不体现出一种向死而生的倾向，而这恰好和弗洛伊德的死亡本能学说不谋而合。本文将结合伍尔夫的经历以及弗洛伊德精神分析学说，对书中的死亡隐喻和死亡本能进行分析，并提出笔者的独特观点，即世间万物均在平衡中找到死的意义、生的希望。

关键词:弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫 达洛维夫人 死亡本能 平衡

Abstract

Virginia Woolf experiences the pain of losing her closest relatives in her early youth. The unendurable desperation which cannot get consolation from others deteriorates her mental disease. Therefore, death becomes an eternal theme in her works. Whether it is in her masterpiece of stream of consciousness writing - Mrs. Dalloway or in her own life experiences, the shadow of Thanatos is conspicuous in every line. However this brings into correspondence with Freud’s Psychoanalysis-----Thanatos. This thesis attempts to analyze the metaphor of death and the death instinct by integrating the life experience of Virginia Woolf and Freud’s Psychoanalysis in order to share a different view of balance in the novel. The balance in the universe can offer a meaning to death and a hope to live on.

Keywords:Virginia Woolf   Mrs. Dalloway   Thanatos    balance