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1、AnAnalysisofSymbolisminAPassagetoIndiaAbstract:E.M.Forsterisaveryfamoustraditionalnovelist,whoisgoodatusingsymbolismtointerpretthethemesinhisnovels.Atthebeginningofthisessay,theauthorbrieflyintroducesForster’slifestory,andthenanalyzestheuseofsymbolsinhismasterpieceAPassagetoIndia.Ke
2、ywords:symbolism;friendship;APassagetoIndia1IntroductionEdwardMorganForsterisarealistic,traditionalnovelistinEnglishliterature.HewasborninLondonin1879,thesonofanarchitect.HewaseducatedatTongridgeSchoolandlateratKing’sCollege,Cambridge,whereheenjoyedthefreeacademicatmospherethere.Hew
3、asparticularlyinterestedintheCambridgephilosopher,G.E.Moore’sideaoftruefriendshipinaverystuffyandhypocriticalworld.Forsterbeganhiscareerbyworkingasajournalistafterhisgraduation.HevisitedGreeceandstayedforatimeinItaly.BothGreekmythologyandItalianRenaissanceartgavehimmuchinspiration.A
4、ndmostofhisworkisconcernedwithwaysofdiscoveringaqualityinpersonalrelationshipamidthecomplexitiesanddistortionsofmodernlife.Andhealsoemphasizedtheimportanceofharmonybetweenspirituallifeandmaterialcivilizationandtheneedofmutualunderstandinginhumanrelationships,whichwasverywellpresente
5、dinhisnovels.In1912and1922,ForstervisitedIndiatwice,andoutofhispersonalexperienceofthetwotrips,hewrotehislastandbestnovelAPassagetoIndia. 2TheContentofAPassagetoIndia InAPassagetoIndia,ForstertakestherelationsbetweentheEnglishmenandtheIndiansinIndiaintheearly1920sasabackground,tel
6、lsusastoryaboutanIndiandoctor’sbeingaccusedfalselyofinsultinganEnglishwoman,andexploresthepossibilitiesofestablishingtruefriendshipbetweenEnglishmenandIndiansundertheBritishcolonialistrule.ThestorydevelopsmainlyaroundtherelationsofAziz,aMuslinIndiandoctor,andCycilFielding,anEnglishh
7、umanist,whoworksinIndiaastheprincipaloftheGovernmentCollege. Mrs.MooreandMissAdelaQuestedhavestrongliberalideasandareeagertomeetIndiansonanequalposition.InordertomeettheneedsofAdela’sdeeplyandtrulyunderstandingofIndia,AzizinvitedthetwowomenandhisfriendFieldingtovisittheMarabarCaves
8、.Whilevisitingoneof
