Abstract and Key Words

Abstract: The thesis is intended to analyze the language features in The Catcher in the Rye from the perspective of dramatic monologue, and to identify the characters’ personality. The paper provides a principled account of the novel’s narrative mode and its arts of shaping characters, presenting the dramatic monologue in traditions of English literature and the inner personality the hero involves in his rich inner world. This thesis holds that Holden’s monologue directly reflects his own personality, which is a conflict between his behaviour and his potential desire, revealing the distance of narration between the appearance and the facts. Thus this paper attempts to make an analysis of Holden’s complicated psychological personality by deconstructing the application of dramatic monologue in The Catcher in the Rye and its special relationship with the portrayal of characters and narration, which lead us to further understand J. D. Salinger’s art of composing literary works.

Key Words: The Catcher in the Rye; dramatic monologue; narration, inner world, characterization

摘要：本文从戏剧性独白角度分析《麦田里的守望者》中的语言特点及其中隐含的人物的性格特征，探讨塞林格的《麦田里的守望者》在叙事模式、人物塑造等方面体现出的英美文学传统中戏剧性独白的特征，有效地探索人物丰富的内心世界并揭示他们的性格。霍尔顿的戏剧性独白客观体现了他的性格，体现了他外在表现与潜在愿望的矛盾，揭露了表象和真相之间的距离，深刻揭示了青少年主人公所特有的本质。本文试图通过对霍尔顿的复杂心理个性进行解析，从戏剧性独白在《麦田里的守望者》中的运用切入，论证戏剧性独白与人物形象塑造、叙事之间的独特关系，以期进一步认识塞林格的文学创作艺术。

关键词：《麦田里的守望者》；戏剧性独白；叙事模式；矛盾心理；人物塑造

1.    Introduction
As a well-known American novelist and short story writer, J. D. Salinger is best known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye, published in 1951.It draws much attention from the public and boasts of one of the most important American literary works of 20th century. It is popular especially with the young and many teenagers even try to imitate Holden's way of dressing, his words and his behaviour. It is reported that by the end of the 1950s there is scarcely a student who has not read The Catcher in the Rye. The novel has been translated into all kinds of languages, which brings it international fame. Followed The Catcher in the eye, there were two collections of short stories: Nine Stories, Raise High the Roof Beam, and Seymour: An Introduction and one novel: Franny and Zooey. And his last published novel entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924" appeared in The New Yorker in 1965.