《蝇王》的原型解读

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1、分类号学校代码10542密级学号2Q!QQ2Q墨Q829AnArchetypalExplorationofLordoftheFlies《蝇王》的原型解读指导教师姓名、职称塑憝堑塾撞湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二。一三年五月AnArchetypalExplorationofLordoftheFliesAThesisSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollegeOfHunanNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsForTheDegreeofMasterofArtsintheS

2、ubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureByMaXiaoUndertheSupervisionofProlessorZhengYanhongChangsha，HunanMay,2013AbstractLordoftheFliesisatypicalmasterpiecewiththecharacteristicsofarchetypesthatcanmakemanycriticsneverstoptheirstudiesonitfromdifferentperspectives．Thenovelcanbetakenasamode

3、lformythologicalandarchetypalapproachesonaccountofitsvariousprimordialimagesandthemes．Fryepointsoutthatanarchetypeis“asymbol，usuallyanimage，whichrecursoftenenoughinliteraturetoberecognizableasanelementofone’Sliteraryexperienceasawhole”(365)．BasedonFrye’Sarchetypalcriticism，manytypic

4、alarchetypalimages，charactersandthemescanbedugoutofthenoveltoexpoundthearchetypalsignificanceofthenovel．Takingthethemearchetypesastheaimandcenteringoncharacterarchetypes，thenovelbuildsaspiritualarchetypalkingdombasedonGreekmythologyandChristianculture．TherealvalueandcharmofLordofthe

5、Flieshavebeenshowncompletely．ThisthesisanalyzesLordoftheFliesfromanarchetypalperspective．Firstly,theintroductionmainlycentersaroundtheauthor’Slifeexperiencesaswellasabriefreviewofarchetypalcriticism．ChapterOnedealswiththearchetypalcharactersappearinginthenovel．Simon，thearchetypeofth

6、escapegoat，issacrificedtothe‘‘Beast’’asanoffering；Piggy,thearchetypeofclown，isstonedbyRoger,whichrepresentsthecrisisoffaithandcivilization；RalphandJackarethearchetypesofApolloandDionysusrespectively,whorepresenttwodifferentkindsofcivilization．ChapterTwoanalyzesthearchetypesinthesett

7、ing．ItexploresthereasonsforthefallingofthechildrenontheislandfromtheheavenlyGardentotheHell．ChapterThreegivesanin-depthanalysisofthethemearchetypes．Evilhumanityistheeternalthemetobediscussedandthisthemeisusednotonlytorevealtheevilaspectsofhumanbeingsbutalsotohelppeopletorecognizethe

8、evil．Redemptionisan