《觉醒》中的象征主义分析_英语论文

The Analysis of The Symbolism in The Awakening 

摘要

凯特·肖邦是19世纪末美国著名女作家，她的代表作《觉醒》被视为美国早期女性主义的重要文学作品。该作品讲述了一个传统女性主体意识逐渐觉醒的故事。女主人公艾德娜以追求自由自我的独立，毅然地出走家庭，不再做丈夫的附属品和家庭的奴隶，但最终在当时的社会无法找到与自己追求相符的身份而自杀。

在小说《觉醒》中，肖邦用了很多象征意象来表达女性对传统的反抗，对自我的追求，以及自我意识的觉醒。本文旨在通过对作品中题目象征、地点象征、形象象征等多样性象征的运用进行分析，从艺术角度深入地挖掘主人公艾德娜的心理困境和自我意识，将作品中人物的精神世界深度地解读出来，以深刻理解小说意蕴深长的主题思想。

关键词：《觉醒》；凯特·肖邦；象征 

Abstract

 Kate Chopin is known as a famous American woman writer at the end of the 19th century, whose masterpiece The Awakening is an important novel in early American feminist literature. The novel is mainly about a traditional female consciousness gradually awakening. In order to pursuit to individuality and freedom, Edna bravely ran away from home. As a result, she is no longer a slave or accessory of her husband and family, but in the end, she could not find identity consistent with her pursuit in the society and choose to give up her life.

In The Awakening, Chopin employs a lot symbols to show women’s resistance against the tradition, the pursuit of self and the awakening of self. In order to deeply understand the significant thoughts of the novel and interpret the spiritual world of the characters, the paper will analyze the use of the symbols from diverse perspective, such as the symbolic meaning of the title, the symbolic meaningl of the localities and the symbolic meaning of the people and objects, to show the protagonist’s psychological predicament and self-awareness.

Keywords: The Awakening  Kate Chopin  symbolism