《金色笔记》的象征主义解读_英语论文

An Interpretation of The Golden Notebook from the Perspective of Symbolism 

摘要

多丽丝·莱辛是英国著名作家，获得诺贝尔文学奖以及多个世界级文学奖项。《金色笔记》被公认为她的代表作,奠定了作者在西方文坛的地位。这部作品，由一个故事，5本笔记构成。作者把黑、红、黄、蓝、金五色笔记穿插在这个故事之中，以此描写二十世纪中期的社会。许多学者从很多方面对《金色笔记》进行了细致的研究，本课题拟从象征主义的角度出发，通过分析这部作品中的象征意象，探索作者如何充分利用写作手法来小说的主题。

本文由四章组成。第一章主要介绍莱辛《金色笔记》的故事情节，前人对该部作品的研究概况。第二章主要介绍象征主义。第三章是本文的重点，主要从人物姓名、颜色和梦境的象征对小说进行深入的分析。第四章是结论部分，总结了本文的主要观点。

关键词：多丽丝.莱辛；《金色笔记》；象征主义

Abstract

Doris Lessing is a famous British writer. She won the Nobel Prize for literature and numerous world-class literary awards. The Golden Notebook is considered as her masterpiece, and it has established the status of the author in Western Literature. This work is made up of a story and five notes. The black, red, yellow, blue, golden colored notes are interspersed in the story in order to describe the society in the mid-twentieth century. Many scholars have conducted detailed researches on The Golden Notebook from many aspects. This thesis will analyze it from the aspect of symbolism, exploring how the author uses the writing style to reveal the theme of the novel.

The thesis is made up of four chapters. Chapter one introduces Doris Lessing, the plot of The Golden Notebook and previous studies on the work. Chapter two gives a detailed illustration of symbolism. Chapter three is the backbone of this paper, analyzing the novel mainly from the symbolic elements of the novel, including the characters’ names, the colors and the dreams. Chapter Four is the conclusion, summarizing the main points of the whole thesis.

Key words:  Doris Lessing  The Golden Notebook  symbolism