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1、AnAnalysisofSymbolisminTheCatcherintheRye1.IntroductionTheCatcherintheRyeisJ.DSalinger’sfirstandonlynovel.Itwaspublishedin1951.ItgainedimmediatepolarityamongtheAmericanyoungreaders，especiallythehighschoolstudents.Ithasbeenreprintedtimeandagain.TheNewYorkTimesbookreviewwr
2、ote:intheUnitedStates,readingTheCatcherintheRyewasasimportantasthegraduategottheapprovalofthetutor.Thenoveltellsthestoryofanacute16-year-oldboynamedHoldenCaulfieldwhoisexpelledfromaneliteprepschool,spendingtwodaysinNewYorkkillingtime,observing,andseekingdirectionoflife.T
3、here,heseesallkindsofphonyphenomena.Holdenistiredofthephoninessanddegenerationinthemoderncivilization,anddoesnotknowhowtohandletheproblem.Sohetriestoescapefromthesociety.Throughfruitlessstruggle,heiseventuallydrivencrazy.Literarycriticsdidalotofanalysisonthisbookfromdiff
4、erentaspects.G.S.Amur(1989)analyzedtheprotagonistHolden’sinnerworldfrompsychologyaspect.WilliamRiggan(1989)comparedthisbookwithTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,analyzingthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenHoldenandHuckfromsociologyaspect.Inpsychoanalyticterms,MalcolmBradbu
5、ry(1988)pointedoutthatthereweretwoworldsinHolden’sheart,namelyhypocriticaluglyadultworldandpureandbeautifulchildworld.Asa16-year-oldbigboy,Holdenwasingreatfearfortheinevitabilityintotheadultworld.TheCatcherintheRyeissopopularformostpartowingtohiswritingskills.Inthisthesi
6、s,itmainlyfocusesonthesymbolismappliedinTheCatcherintheRye.InWebster’sEnglishDictionary,thedefinitionofsymbolismis“theartorpracticeofusingsymbolsespeciallybyinvestingthingswithasymbolicmeaningorbyexpressingtheinvisibleorintangiblebymeansofvisibleorsensuousrepresentations
7、”(Merriam，2036).ArthurSymons(2004)said:“No第11页共11页Symbolism,noliterature”(126).Innovelcreation,symbolismaimsatrevealingthehiddenmeaningbehindphenomenonorobjects;namelyitusesassociationandcorrelationbetweenimageandsignificancetodisplaythemindsecretandphilosophybehindthing
8、s.InTheCatcherintheRye,thereareabundantofsymbolism.Itservesasanewperspectiveandalsoanartisticdeviceinth
