论《印度之行》的复调性

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1、分类号学校代码!Q塾至密级学号201002080784OnthePolyphonyinAPassagetoIndia论《印度之行》的复调性指导教师姓名、职称直塑：捡塾撞学科专业墓亟亟主塞堂湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二O一三年五月OnthePolyphonyin，一，AThesisSubmittedtoPassagetoIndiaForeignStudiesCollegeOfHunanNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFor

2、TheDegreeofMasterofArtsintheSubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureByWuMeiyanUndertheSupervisionofProlessorXiaoMinghanChangsha，HunanMay,2013AbstractEdwardMorganForsterisoneofthemostcelebratedEnglishwritersinthetwentiethcentury,whohas，inhiswritingcareer,f

3、inishedsixnovelssince1905，when．hepublishedhisfirstnovel，WhereAngelsfeartotread．However,thelastofhisnovels，namely,APassagetoIndia，isthemostsuccessfulandhas，therefore，establishedhi曲prestigeforthewriterinwesternliteraryhistory．Criticsbothathomeandabroadha

4、veproducedagreatmanystudiesonForster，especiallyonAPassagetoIndia．Onthebasisofearlierresearches，thethesisappliesBakhtin’Stheoryofpolyphonytothestudyofthisnovelwithitsfocusonthecharacters，plot，andsetting．BesidesIntroductionandConclusion，thethesisfallsint

5、ofourchapters．ThefirstchapterdiscussesBakhtin’SpolyphonictheoryanditsapplicabilitytoAPassagetoIndia，forForster’SinnerconflictsbetweenhishumanitarianconsciousnessandhisEuro．centricconsciousnessofanEnglishwriterproducestrongpolyphonicfeaturesinthenovelan

6、dthereforeBakhtiniantheoryofpolyphonyisparticularlyeffectiveinanalyzingit．InChapterTwo，Bakhtin’SpolyphonictheoryisappliedtostudyingthepolyphoniccharactersofAPassagetoIndia，suchasDoctorAzizandMissAdelaQuested，whorevealunmergedanddistinctvoicesoftheirdif

7、ferentconsciousnesseswithinthemselves．ChapterThreeexploresthepolyphonicfeaturetheplotinAPassagetoIndia．Throughoutthenovel，therearetwooppositevoicesconnectionandseparation，whichserveastwoconflictingforcestopropeltheplottomoveforwardandcreateitspolyphoni

8、cfeature．Inthefou．rthchapter，thepolyphonicfeaturethesettinginAPassagetoIndiaisstudied．Thenovel’SportrayalIndiaandespeciallytheMarabarCavesshowsastrongpolyphonicfeature，whichrevealsthecomplicatednaturecolonizedIndiaanditsculturetoWestern