论伯纳德·马拉默德《基辅怨》中雅柯夫的历史创伤-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

En English Abstract II II Abstract Bernard Malamud is one of the most famous Jewish American writers in the 20th century. He has an important place in American literature. The Works of Bernard Malamud mostly portray the poor, but enduring Jews at the foot of the social ladder. Because of the unique Jewish complex in his works, he is known as the most ―Jewish‖ modern Jewish American writer. The fourth novel of Bernard Malamud, The Fixer, is recognized and highly valued when being published. In 1967, The Fixer won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for literature. Bernard Malamud metaphorically represents the historical experience of the Jewish people through the personal encounters, and closely associates the historical tragedy with the character‘s fate. In this thesis, the historical trauma mainly refers to the pain born by the oppressed groups in history. This pain has never been truly cured, and has been passed from generation to generation, which causes historical trauma. The Fixer not only vividly describes historical trauma of the protagonist, Yakov, but also concentratedly represents the historical trauma suffered by the Jewish people in the history. This thesis makes a detailed research on the historical trauma of Bernard Malamud‘s The Fixer. It chooses the experience of protagonist Yakov as a research object. It analyzes the novel from three aspects: the historical trauma of Yakov, Yakov‘s understanding of Jewish history and Jewish historical trauma, and his struggle against historical trauma. The first part analyzes the traumatic experiences of Yakov. He grows up in the Jewish town, and lives in poverty. His parents died young. Moreover, he is trapped in the prison for the accusation of blood accusation. Thus, the historical trauma causes great harm to Yakov. The second part probes for Yakov‘s new understanding of Jewish history and the Jewish historical trauma. After experiencing the trauma, Yakov attempts to look for the root causes of trauma