南开大学 外国语学院 美国文学Herman_Melville_and_Moby_____dick课件.ppt

Herman Melville and Moby Dick;Herman Melville (1819-1891);Works;Life;;;;;;;;Type of work: symbolic novel First publication: 1851 Setting :Most of the book takes place on various oceans, such as the Atlantic, the Indian, and the Pacific, in the early to mid 1800’s. However, a good deal of the first part of the novel takes place in New England inside and around Nantucket. ;;;;Themes of Moby Dick;Symbols ;;Symbols;;Evaluation;Moby Dick is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc. in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.