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1、TheApplicationoftheThemeandSymbolismin"TheCatcherintheRye"《麦田里的守望者》的主题思想和象征手法的运用1.IntroductionIn1951,JeromeDavidSalingerpublishedhisfirstwell-knownnovel,ThecatcherintheRye,withwhichhegainedanalmostimmediatereputationasoneoftheforemostpost-worldWarⅡAmericannovelists.Short
2、lyafterwards,thebookbecameassignedreadingforamajorityofhighschoolandcollegeEnglishcoursesinAmerica.NootherwritersinceWarⅡhasachievedtheheightsofpopularityofJ.D.Salinger.Andwecansaythathispopularityhasrestedprimarilyononecharacter,HoldenCaulfield,inthebook.Thenoveltellsas
3、eeminglysimplestoryofa16-year-oldboy,HoldenCaulfield,who,afterbeingexpelledfromtheschoolforfailingalmostallofhiscourses,runsawayfromthathatefulplacetoNewYorkandspendsthreedaysthere,roamingaroundinsearchforsomegoodnessandthetruevaluewhichhevaguelyunderstands.Withsuffering
4、uneasinessandabitterspirit,heencountersmanydifferentpeople,onlytofindhypocritesandliarseverywhere.Finally,hesneakshometoseehissisterPhoebe,anunspoilt,angel-likechildwhohelpshimfindthecouragetoliveoninthiscorruptedadultworld.Salinger’ssuccesssurprisedthecriticsaswellasthe
5、readingpublic.Criticssearchedandarestillsearchingforjustificationforsuchoverwhelmingsuccessin24literature.Theyemphasizethespiritualdisillusionment,thepsychologicalstressoftheadolescentsinpost-warAmerica,andthecreationofalife-likecharacter.Theseare,admittedly,importantand
6、primaryfactorscontributingtotheimmediatesuccessofthenovel.However,manyauthorshavelightlytouchedupononeliterarytechnique,whichSalingeremploysextensively,andwhichhelpstheauthortoachievewhathewantstoachieved—theuseofsymbols.ThisthesistriestodealwiththisaspectofSalinger’ssty
7、leofwritingandinrelativedetailIshalltrytoshowhow,stepbystep,theauthorunderlinesthebasicthemeofthenovelbyusingsymbolsandhowsymbolismplaysanirreplaceableroleintheboywhoisalsoaliteraryrepresentativeofthewholegenerationofAmericanyouth,andintherealisticportrayalofawholegenera
8、tionthroughabaffledyoungster-Holden.WhileemphasizingthesignificanceofSalinger’swritingstyle,especiallyt
