论《花园书》的孤独主题-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

VI VI 摘要 布赖恩·卡斯特罗是澳大利亚文坛卓越的作家。他的成名作《漂泊的鸟》一经出版 便为他赢得广泛赞誉。卡斯特罗旋即成为澳大利亚文坛一颗璀璨的新星，受到评论界和 读者们越来越多关注和称赞。《花园书》是卡斯特罗的第八部力作。这本书以两次世界 大战之间的澳大利亚为背景，以一个华裔澳大利亚女人双的生活经历和心灵历程为主 线，讲述了发生在双及其周围的人身上的故事。 本文试图就小说的孤独主题进行详细研究。全文共分为五个部分。 引言首先简要介绍了卡斯特罗及其作品《花园书》，接着对该部作品国内外学术界 的相关评论作了简要回顾并指出本文的目的、相关理论及研究方法。 第一章详细分析了小说四位主人公双、达西，贾斯珀和海博士各自不同的孤独感。 本章分为四部分。第一部分反映了深受女性及华裔身份双重困扰的双始终在孤独地探 寻，希望被社会及爱人认可和接受。第二部分分析了达西作为一个渴望家庭温暖的孤独 的行路者的状况。第三部分表明了贾斯珀一直在孤独中寻找真爱。最后一部分反映了海 博士作为一个种族歧视受害者的悲苦一生。 第二章分析了小说的情节背景与孤独主题的关系。本章分为两部分，分别探索了作 者如何通过对小说中自然背景及社会背景的安排来深化主题，并且在本章第二部分中借 助社会心理学家弗罗姆的孤独理论来分析小说主人公孤独的根源。 第三章讨论了小说中的写作技巧对孤独主题的深化。本章分为两部分，第一部分详 细研究了象征在小说中的应用以及它们如何强化孤独主题。第二部分主要分析了多重视 角和多重叙事声音在表现孤独中所起的作用。 关键词：孤独，情节背景，象征，多重视角 IV IV Abstract Brian Castro is an outstanding writer in the new rising Australian literature. With the publication of his first novel, Birds of Passage, Castro has won great reputation and recognition. From then on, Castro became a quick rising star and drew more and more attention from both critics and readers. The Garden Book is Castro’s eighth novel, which is set in Australia in the years between the Depression and the Second World War. It depicts the stories of Chinese Australian Swan Hay and people around her. This thesis attempts to study the theme of isolation in The Garden Book in detail. It falls into five parts with the first part making a general introduction to Brian Castro’ life and literary works, followed by a literature review of both home and abroad and an exposition of Fromm’s theory about loneliness. In addition to that, the central argument and the methodology of this thesis are put forward. Chapter One aims at elaborating four types of isolation represented by the four protagonists: Swan, Darcy, Jasper and Dr Hay. This chapter is divided into four sections. The first section concentrates on that Swan is suffering from her identity as a woman and a Chinese Australian, looking for social admission and recognition from her beloved people. The second section focuses on Darcy, who is a