论《名利场》中叙述者的功能-英美文学专业论文.docxVIP

AbstractWilliam Abstract William Makepeace Thackeray was all outstanding critical writer in England in the 19tII century．％nity％fr is his masterpiece and it is still considered髂a great work now．Thackeray’S忱叻Fairis as different from the eighteenth century‘dialogue’as it is from the twentieth century one．It demands the reader to find for himselfthe key tO a many sided puzzle．Though the reader has to make his own discoveries，the narrator provides him with unmistakable clues to guide him in his research．This thesis focuses Oil the analysis of the functions of the narrator in％n／ty qrmr and the effects of his narration．It is made up of five chapters．Chapter One is a general introduction to％n毋晒air,Thackeray’S life and the social background．Chapter Two gives the definition of narrative in terms ofnarratology and elaborates on the relations among author,implied author,narrator,narratee，implied reader and reader．Chapter Three makes all analysis ofthe four functions ofthe narrator：the directing function, the communicative function，the testimonial function and the ideological function． Chapter Four not only talks about effects ofthe narrator’S narration on the style ofthe text，but also on the readers’aesthetic reading．Different poims of view provide different perspectives from which characters and events are observed，and endow the characters and events with unusual complexity,and the novel witll greater significance．The chapter also elaborates on the unreliability of the narrator and the necessity of the readers’reconstruction of the text．Chapter Five is the conclusion．It points Out that the functions of the narrator play all important role in revealing the theme of Vanity,Fair． 、 { j Key words：Vanity q：air narrator function effect 吖 前言萨克雷是十九世纪英国的一位伟大的批判现实主义作家，出生于英国富有人 前言 萨克雷是十九世纪英国的一位伟大的批判现实主义作家，出生于英国富有人 家，父亲曾在印度任职。萨克雷三岁的时候，他的父亲去世。萨克雷后来回到了 英国，在剑桥大学读书。大学还没有毕业，他就离开了英国，去巴黎学习绘画， 不久返回伦敦。由于印度银行的破产，萨克雷几乎失去了生活的来源，于是开始 卖文谋生。1836年他与伊莎贝拉结婚，四年后妻子得了精神病，不久死去。萨 克雷的作品主要表现上流社会的家庭生活，1847年