象征手法下分析爱丽丝漫游奇境

1、河北农业大学现代科技学院毕业论文题 目：象征手法下分析爱丽丝漫游奇境记学 部：文法学部专业班级：英语1102班学 号:2012614180217学生姓名：赵翠微指导教师姓名：韩静指导教师职称：讲师二O一六年六月十日The Analysis of Symbolism in Alice s Adventures in WonderlandA Graduation Thesis Submitted byThe Analysis of Symbolism in Alice s Adventures in WonderlandIn Partial Fulf川ment of the Requirement

2、sForThe Degree of Bachelor of ArtsIn the Subject of English Language and LiteratureToDepartment of Modern Science TechnologyOfAgricultural University of HebeiSupervisor: Han JingJune,10,2016Candidate:Supervisor:Table of Contents TOC o 1-5 h z HYPERLINK l bookmark12 o Current Document Acknowledgement

3、s)i摘要ii HYPERLINK l bookmark14 o Current Document Abstract ii HYPERLINK l bookmark18 o Current Document I.Introduction . 1 HYPERLINK l bookmark20 o Current Document 2.Brief Introduction to Symbolism and Symbol 2 HYPERLINK l bookmark22 o Current Document 3.Symbolism Employed in the Novel3 HYPERLINK l

4、 bookmark24 o Current Document Symbolic Meaning of Alice 3 HYPERLINK l bookmark26 o Current Document Symbolic Meaning of Wonderland5 HYPERLINK l bookmark28 o Current Document .Symbolic meaning of Scenes 5 HYPERLINK l bookmark30 o Current Document .The Croquet Game 6 HYPERLINK l bookmark32 o Current

5、Document The Judgment of the Knave of Hearts6. Symbolic Meaning of other Characters . 7The Mouse and the Dodo 7 HYPERLINK l bookmark37 o Current Document The March Hare and the Hatter 8 HYPERLINK l bookmark39 o Current Document The Caterpillar and The Duchess9 HYPERLINK l bookmark41 o Current Docume

6、nt .The Influence of Symbolism on Novel 9 HYPERLINK l bookmark43 o Current Document The Vivid Depiction of the Characters 10 HYPERLINK l bookmark45 o Current Document Criticizeing and Irony of Authority 10 HYPERLINK l bookmark47 o Current Document Expression of Theme1113 HYPERLINK l bookmark49 o Cur

7、rent Document .Conclusion12BibliographyAcknowledgementsFirstly my huge thanks go to my supervisor, teacher Han Jing, whose constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis cou

8、ld not have reached its present from.Second, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my teacher, who led me into the world of translation. I am also greatly indebted to the teachers, who have instructed and helped me a lot in the past years.Lastly, my thanks would go to my beloved family f

9、or their loving consideration and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis.【摘要】1865年，爱丽丝漫游奇境记

10、出版发表。它本是作者刘易斯卡罗尔的一篇即兴 小说，一经发表就获得了极大的关注，不仅儿童喜欢还广受成年人的欢迎，其受欢迎程度 仅次于莎士比亚作品。其独特的魅力和艺术价值给儿童文学带来了极大的发展，而且给后来的作家创作提供了大量素材和灵感。本文主要通过象征主义手法分析这部作品，在象征主义手法下分析人物角色行为，以及分析作品故事情节，最后分析象征主义手法对作品的 意义。以此让广大读者更好的理解这部作品。【关键词】象征；刘易斯卡罗尔；爱丽丝漫游奇境记【Abstract!Alice is Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865. It is Lewi

11、s Carroll s an impromptu novel. The novel receives a great attention when it is published. It is not only welcomed by children, but adults would like to read it. Its popularity is only inferior to Shakespeares work. Its unique charming and artistic value has great influence on the development of chi

12、ldren s literature. And it provides other authors a large amount of inspiration and material. This paper will mainly analyze the novel through the analysis of the symbolism on novel. This paper will analyze characterss behavior, storyline development and the symbolic meaning of the work. Through thi

13、s paper, readers will have a better understanding of this novel.Key WordSymbolism; Lewis Carroll; Alice s Adventures in Wonderland,I.IntroductionCharles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the name Lewis Carroll, was the author of Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. He was not only a writer but also a n

14、oted mathematician and photographer. As a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, Lewis Carroll, not only in the mathematical sciences had his own unique insights, but also he was an outstanding fictionist. He had his own writing style. He was a pastor, and he had not got married for l

15、ife. Carroll was smart and funny, from which it appeared in his childhood. When he was a child, he showed a talent for literature and language, and he often wrote poems and stories with his brothers and sisters. He liked children very much, and like most a little girl named Alice Liddell. He was goo

16、d at writing novels, poetry and other literary genres of writing activities.Carroll was his pseudonym when he published Alices Adven tures in Wonderland. He firstly used the name, Carroll, at the same time. He has published literary works in all kinds of magazines since he published two collections

17、of poems in 1854. He had published a large number of literary works, which one of representative works was Alices Adventures in Wonderland .Alice s Adventuresin Wonderland was published in 1865. He created the work, opened the golden age of British children s literature. And he made his name with hi

18、s work together forever on literature in history. Alice s Adventures in Wonderland is about a girl that falls in a hole and goes into a magical world. It is a story that a 7 year old girl experiences a variety of unusual things and characters.She experiencestoo much crazy things. She changes her siz

19、e when she eat or drink something to get out of the door. She enters Duchess s house and she meets the Cheshire Cat. Then Alice takes part in the endless Tea Party held by March Hare and Mad Hatter. Finally Alice enters into the garden only find she is caught into a strange croquet game with cruel Q

20、ueen Hearts. After the game, Alice wake up from the dream, and she find all her experience is from her own dream. Carroll later wrote a companion piece, called Through The Looking-glass and What Alice Found There. The two works have been welcoming widely when they published. Children and adults love

21、 this works, and this works have been reprinted repeatedly. The two works has been translated in more than fifty languages.And the two novels has been rearranged into many movies and plays.Reading Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderlandwriter through his dreamy tone shows us a strange and fantasy

22、 world. The plots in his novel is amazing,which the ordinary people can not image.Carroll has his own peculiar mode of thought. And he has a bold attempt in the novel s fantastic style, in terms of language skills and sense of form have a great breakthrough. Although there are kinds of absurdity in

23、the novel, but it is permeated with the strict logic, expressing the profound connotation. The theme of the novel is full of fun, adventure, and excitement. The whole wonderland has a strong symbolism meaning. The senses of the novel also have a symbolic meaning, including the characters in the nove

24、l.2. Brief introduction to symbolism and symbolSymbol is one of those words that is often used in a confusing manner. The confusion is increased by different scholars using the word to mean some different things. Symbol, as an common artistic approach, rise and developed in twentieth century in the

25、west. Whether in China or western country, symbol as an ancient art expression has a long history. As one of the basic artistic techniques in artistic creation, the symbol can explain to an object or act that represents objective a subdued complex through unintentional association. A symbol is one o

26、bject endued with two level of meanings, literal and symbolic. The dictionary defines the word symbolism.The practice of conducting things means of symbols or means of ascribing symbolic meanings. And it may means of significance to objects, events and relationships.The symbols are uniquely involved

27、 in the plots of the story, which makes their implications more real. It is in the nature of symbolism to express or reveal complicated things that are difficult to express. Accordingly, in interpreting symbols and adopting symbolic perspectives as the writer does, it will get closer to their essenc

28、e of the world that the writer reveals. It is a world of complexity, or duality at least, considering the ingredient and spiritual planes that any symbol reaches. By using symbols and symbolic language, writer expresses their experiences as if they were perceptual experiences and thus they express t

29、hemselves better than we do with everyday language. Symbolism offers the reader a concrete object that actually has a broader, abstract meaning to the story. This object can be a person, an animal or something else. All these objects carry with them a wide range of associations that stand for someth

30、ing, and that is beyond any accurate explanation. Symbolism, therefore, is an complete component of fiction, becauseit enriches the narrative subtly. In addition, symbolism is a satisfactory way to present the theme of a story; meanwhile, it is emotionally satisfying. Because it makes things easier

31、on the readers part, giving them a role to play in interpreting the story and an opportunity to share the authorsown emotional experience.In literature, symbolism is used to provide meaning to the writing beyond what is actually being described. The plot and scene that take place in a story can be d

32、escribed of as one level, while the symbolism of certain things in the writing act on another level to enhance the story. In this novel, all this symbolism that used in the characters and the scenes have a deep-level meaning. Through the understanding of these symbolism, readers will discover the fe

33、ature of the characters and what the writer wants to tell people.3.Symbolism Employed in the NovelThere are lots of characters and scenesin the novel. Both the characters and the scenes have their symbolic meaning. There are four sections in this part of passage. Firstly, Alice, the main character i

34、n the novel, has a vivid symbolic meaning. Alice is not just a young girl. She symbolizes the British people at that time, and she symbolizes everyone who live in the real world. Secondly, the wonderland is an essential part of the novel. The wonderland symbolizes the world in which people lived. Th

35、irdly, there are some scenes and each of the scenes has a symbolic meaning. Fourthly, there are many characters in the novel except for Alice. All of the characters have their own symbolic meaning.3.1Symbolic Meaning of AliceCarroll said his friend s daughter was the prototype of Alice. But actually

36、 Alice not only stands for one person, but she symbolizes a spirits of innocence.she is brave,innocent,curious,in the novel. Alice is not only the character in the novel, but also symbolizes British people, even if symbolizes the readers. Everyone has the quality of Alice, fulling of brave and innoc

37、ence. Alice as the central character ofAlice s Adventures in Wonderlandis created in the realistic life based on ordinary people. The seven year old girl has a pair of curious eyes, with a vertical corrugated shoulder length hair. She is not only a little girl, but has the qualities that the ordinar

38、y people have. She is innocent and lively, loves fantasy things, fulls of curiosity and thirsts for knowledge. And she is curious of everything, which she always wants to explore why. Alice is very honest, compassionate and willing to help others. Alice is always thinking of others.So Alice symboliz

39、es a spirit of people. When she is fell down the rabbit hole ,She takes a jam from the wall. Then she finds the jam empty. When she wants to throw the jam away, she thinks it would hit others. Finally she just puts it back another shelf. When the hare lost the gloves and the fan, she hurries to help

40、 the hare finding. She has a clear concept and sense of justice. She is willing to helping people with in trouble, and helping some weak and vulnerable people. When the Queen of Hearts to execute the three gardeners, she hid them in the rose tree. She is a brave girl. When she faces ghastly wonderla

41、nd, and the cruel Queen of Heats, she fights against the cruel Queen of Heats, struggling for democracy, in the court of the absurd. She dares to appear in court as a witness. She excuses for the framed defendant and rejects the king unreasonable judgment. She has no external support in the world in

42、 wonderland. This is the unique and practical work of this fairy tale. Alice firm to believe: all unjust and absurd things eventually give way to justice, natural, logical. Alice image reflected the quality of the tenacity, integrity, kindness, courage and uprightness overwhelming evil. All of this

43、quality not only belongs to Alice, but also is the outstanding quality of the British people. So Alice symbolizes everyone who have the qualities. Alice, Carroll ever said that Alice like a lovely gentle deer. Alice has a sense of equality. Alice treats everyone equally.Alice symbolizes the spirit o

44、f innocence.Innocence is the source of hope and freedom.Lewis Carol in the portrait of the characters portrayed Alice, not only give Alice a small childs curiosity and straightforward character, but also give Alice the cold static and rational character.For example, in the curiosity of the drive, Al

45、ice after the rabbit fell into the fantasy wonderland, and magical adventures.But in this process, in the process of contacting and talking with different characters, Alice is a burst of blood on the reality of the world of adult criticism and irony. Simple and honest can at any time break the fanta

46、sy world of the various characters that wear a mask of the surface of the hypocrisy. For example, when Alice meet the March Rabbit, the March Rabbit asked Alice whether to drink wink. Alice highlight the March Rabbit there does not exist in any of a cup of wine in table. In real life, the adult look

47、s like a very polite manner in the childs pure world is false and performance of deception.So Alice symbolizes innocence that we lost in the real world. Alice not only reveals a hypocrisy of the human world will be the worlds most helpless adults, in the novel, love continues to transform the statur

48、e and identity, so that in most of the time she doesnt know where she stay. She doesnt know who she is, until she is angry with the Queens judgment, and woke up from the dream.When they find their true self. In the real world, the adults are always because of the society environment and other factor

49、s constantly changing their identity. Above of all this, Alice is a portrait of each of us. Alice symbolizes innocence and also symbolizes everyone in the real world.Symbolic Meaning of WonderlandCarroll once said that he try to find a new way to write fairy tales. The way is use of contemporary sci

50、entific and technological achievements and use of the thinking of the contemporary people. Let the fairy wonderland contact the reality closely. And make a fairy tale with a meaning of symbolism. The novel was written in Victorian Era and it the Industrial Revolution and Darwinism brought great impa

51、ct on Victomans. The wonderland is not just exist in the novel,but it reflect the real world that the writer lived. It is the social environment at that time.At the beginning and ending of the novel, writer show that Alice s experience in wonderland is just her dream, which Alice dreamed sleeping on

52、 her sisters leg. But is this onl y a dream far away from Alice? Is it a wonderland in another world? No the wonderland is not far away from the real world, is not far away from Alice s life. Under the pen of the writer, Alice s experience is the real portraiture of the Britain at that century. The

53、novel is burning in a kindly smile of wit and humor. To study the history of the British Empire in the latter half of the nineteenth Century, it will find that the writer criticized and condemned the target, which is to have the characteristics of the Empire of Vitorian Dynasty. Through the novel, i

54、t can see that the dynasty be fettered by old conventions and stand still and refuse to make progress. The dynasty is self-centred. The Vitorian Dynasty golden age, for the British people, it is bloody and dark, suffering, is the water in deep and the fire with hot. If walking in the footsteps of Al

55、ice with her in the wonderland, everyone soon believe that the wonderland in the novel has a solid foundation in history. Carroll use child s innocence eyes forced us to look various of social phenomena at that time. In the novel, the wonderland is the embodiment of the ugly reality of Vitorian age.

56、 The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in eighteenth century first. Alice also lived in that century. At that time many machine have been made and lots of factories were build up.Industrial Revolution on the one hand brought the British society a important social changes. On the other hand the

57、Industrial Revolution unavoidably intensified new social contradictions. Although there is a great successof economy, but machines noise broke the daily life of the ordinary people. People troubled with the great change of the industry in society. Revolution for the economic made the workers who suf

58、fered from the revolution more pain and torment than success. In the novel can see that Alice often doesnt know where she is.Symbolic Meaning of ScenesThe Croquet GameThe chapter eight of the novel is the Queen s croquet ground. Alice meets the Queen of Hearts, and takes part in the croquet game.The

59、 croquet game symbolizes the absolutism and backward of the royal household. At the beginning of the game, it can see that the Queen is a full-tempered monarch and she is a dictator. The Queen of Hearts makes the rules of the croquet game, and everyone must obey her rules to play the game. For her s

60、upreme power, she often often executed people for no reason at all. In real life, faded ball is a British traditional sports, the game need to the outdoor lawn for venues, with a long handle wood faded hitting the wooden ball through a series of goal.The stadium is everywhere furrow and ridge, uneve