赫索格的创伤主题研究

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1、分类号学校代码】Q墨丝密级学号OntheThemeofTraumainHerzog《赫索格》的创伤主题研究指导教师姓名、职称整湛堑塾撞学科专业荚语噩童塞学湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二0一四年六月OntheThemeofTraumainHerzogByZhouMinUndertheSupervisionofProfessorJiangHongxinSubmiRedtoForeignStudiesCollegeinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsintheSub

2、jectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureHunanNormalUniversityChangsha，HunanJune，2014AbstractTheprotagonistinHerzogconformstotheimageofthevictimwhichSaulBellowcreatesinmostofhisnovels．Thenovelmainlyconsistsoftheprotagonist’Sfragmentedmemoriesandletters．AtypicalfeatureofHerzogisthatheis

3、unwillingtorecallthetraumaticexperiencesfromhispast，butfailstogetthemoutofthemind，whichalsoconformStoitsthemeoftrauma．Asanintellectual，Herzogisbadlytormentedbyspiritualsuffering．Whenconfrontedbythechaosofsociety，herefusestobeapartofit．AsamiserableJewwholivesinAmerica，Herzogisred

4、ucedtobeamarginalizedman．Beinglostinhispastmemories，Herzogbecomesestrangedfromtheoutsidesociety．What’Sworse，hebecomesdesperatewhenhewitnessesthemiserablelivesofhischildhoodfriends．Afterhisseconddivorce，Herzogisontheedgeofhavingabreakdown，andhislifeisacompletemess．Sohebecomesdisc

5、onnectedfromotherpeopleandhypervigilantaboutwomenduetothelossoffamilyandthedeprivationoflove．Thenon—linearnarrative，repetition，andflashbacksareallnarrativestrategiesofthenovelandthemanifestationsofHerzog’Strauma,whichassistshiminreorganizinghisfragmentedandtraumaticmemoriesandun

6、derstandingtheimportanceofcompromise．Intheprocessofhisre—experiencingthesetraumaticevents，humorhelpsalleviatehispainandoffershimthemeanstocommunicatewithothers．Hisvividmemoryofthepoorchildhoodlifegiveshimasenseofwarmthandbelongingness．HerzogrealizesthatheisunfittoleadanAmericani

7、zedlife，andhemakesuphismindtoleadatranquillife．Therefore，heretreatstothecountrysideandenjoythegreatpowerandserenityofnature．Thepolyphonyandtheepistolaryformshelphimtospeakoutaboutandwritedownallthetraumaticeventsfromhislife．Inaddition，theawakeningofloveattheendcannotbeignored．Fi

8、nally，Herzogovercomestrauma．Thisthesisaimstoana