论约翰厄普代克在《兔子跑吧》中的艺术特色-on the artistic features of john updike in rabbit run.docxVIP

AbstractRabbit,Run,theAmericanwriterJohnUpdike’smostfamousnovel,receivedagreatdealofcriticism,mostofwhichattemptstointerpretthenovelfromreligiousperspectives.ThisthesisintendstoanalyzeRabbit,Run’sartisticfeaturesintermsoftheNewCriticism.NewCriticismfocusesonthetextitselfandexaminestherelationshipbetweenatext’sideasanditsform,excludingreader’sresponse,author’sintention,orhistoricalandculturalcontexts.ThisthesisarguesthatUpdike’screativeuseofsomeliterarydeviceshelpstoconveythethemeofthenovel.Fourprominentdevices(organicform,ambiguity,ironyandsymbolism)areusedbytheauthortopresentthepivotalideathattheattemptthemiddle-classpeoplemaketoadjusttonewideasandnewsocialrealitiesisfutileandfruitless.Keywords:TheNewCriticismJohnUpdikeRabbit,RunFutility摘要约翰·厄普代克是美国当代著名作家，其《兔子，跑吧》被公认为美国文学史上的至高成就之一，很多评论家从描写兔子一生所表现出的宗教意义入手来分析厄普代克的作品。本文旨在运用新批评理论中的重要因素，分析《兔子，跑吧》中的艺术特色。新批评主义的理论强调从文本入手，注重文本形式和内容之间的关系，而读者的反应，作者的自身意图，历史和文化背景均与批评无关。本文运用新批评理论中的四个重要因素—有机整体、歧义、讽刺和象征，分析厄普代克在此作品中所表现的艺术特色，表达了中产阶级为了适应这个社会而做出的努力是徒劳无益和由此产生的困惑。关键词：新批评约翰·厄普代克《兔子，跑吧》徒劳无益ContentsAcknowledgementsIAbstract(inEnglish)IIAbstract(inChinese)IIIChapterIIntroductionJohnUpdikeandHisRabbitTetralogyJohnUpdike(1932–2009)isnodoubtoneofthemosteminentandoverwhelminglyproductivewritersintheworld.Heisanamiablecritic,ashortstorywriterandaplaywright.Heisalsoapoetstrugglingwithwordsandrhythms.Butaboveall,Updikeisaprofoundandprolificnovelist,bringingreadersagreatnumberofhisbreathtakingworks.Updike’sfirstnovelThePoorhouseFairwaswell-received,andUpdikewroteamoreambitiousnovelandthusaninternationallyfamousone,Rabbit,Runin1960.ThenovelintroducedoneofUpdike’smostmemorablecharacters,onceabasketballstar,Harry“Rabbit”Angstrom.ItwasfullofUpdike’sfrankdescriptionofRabbit’ssexualadventureswhichledtoprosecutionforobscenity,andpublishermadeanumberofchangestothetext.Afewyearslater,subsequentAmericaneditionsofthebookretrievedtheoriginalversionofthisnovel.Updike’sreputationasaleadingauthorofhisgenerationwasestablished.RabbitRedux,asthesecondpartoftheseries