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Acknowledgements This thesis is accomplished under the inspiration and instruction of my respected supervisor: Associate Prof. Xu Qinghong. I am extremely grateful to her for her illuminating directions, valuable suggestions and constant encouragement throughout my writing of this paper and other relevant studies. First of all, on hearing that I was interested in Moby-Dick and deconstruction, she sent me materials which later proved to be conducive. Moreover, she provided key ideas and made alterations as to the language in my thesis. Without her supervision, this thesis would never have been accomplished. I am also deeply indebted to all my teachers in the School of Foreign Studies, to whom I owe much of my knowledge of the English language, literature and translation theories and my practices during the three-year study. They are Prof. Chen Zhengfa, Dr. Annette, Prof. Chen Bing, Prof. Hong Zengliu, Prof. Hua Quankun and associate Prof. Qi Tao. Their lectures have broadened the horizons of my learning, and I have benefited a lot from their earnest teaching and enlightenment which will be instrumental to my future career. i Abstract Moby Dick is a great American epic written by Herman Melville in 1851. It has been a study focus for many years since it was rediscovered in 1924. Previous studies of Moby Dick mainly focused on its characters, theme, symbolism, myth archetype, imperialism characteristics, narrative art, humanitarianism etc. Recently, ecological studies of it become heated in China. Besides, there is also a paper focusing on femin