《印度之行》中“回声”的解读(原创英文论文)

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1、Interpretationofthe“Echo”inE.M.Forster’sAPassagetoIndiaBy1IntroductionAfamousEnglishnovelist,shortstorywriter,andcritic,EdwardMorganForsterisoneofthemostoutstandingEnglishwritersoftwentiethcentury.Heisbestknownasanovelist,andhisnovelsarewidelyreaddomesticallyandoverseas.In19

2、05hecompletedhisfirstnovel,WhereAngelsFeartoTread,astorypartlysetinItaly.HisothermainworksincludeTheLongestJourney(1907),setinCambridge;ARoomwithaView(1908),againsetinItaly;HowardsEnd(1910),WhichestablishedForsterasawriterofimportance;Aspectsofnovel(1927),oneofthemostinfluen

3、tialcollectionsoftheauthor’scriticaltheory;andAPassagetoIndia(1924).“IfEdwardMorganForsterwouldhavewrittennothingbesidesAPassagetoIndia,eventhen,perhaps,hewouldhaveoccupiedthesamedistinguishedplaceinthehistoryofEnglishliteraturethathenowenjoys”(Sarker167).APassagetoIndiaisge

4、nerallyregardedasthebestnovelamongForster’sworks.It’sanIndiansubjectnovel,setagainstthebackdropoftheBritishRajandtheIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.ItrevealsthecontradictionandthegulfbetweenthetwocountriesbydisplayingtheexperiencesorencountersoftwoEnglishnewcomersinIndi

5、a---Mrs.MooreandMissAdelaQuested.Thenovelisfullofmysteriesandwonders,suchaswhatreallyhappenedtoAdelawhenshewasinthecave,whyMrs.Moorehadsogreatchangeinherattitudetowardspeopleandtheworld,etc.Amongallthewonders,the“echo”wassupposedtobetheonethatneededputtingmoreattentionto.The

6、“echo”wasmentionedseveraltimesthroughoutthenovel:theechothatisheardbyMrs.Mooreinthecave,theechothatisheardbyAdelainthecave,andtheechothatisremarkedbyFieldingasametaphor.Moreimportantly,theechomademanyeffectsonthosewhoheardit.Sincehearingtheecho,Mrs.Moorehassunkina7stateofapa

7、thy;whenAdelahearstheecho,shehasthehallucinationofbeinginsultedinthecavebytheIndianyoungmanDr.Aziz;inthesightofFielding,thewholeIndiaseemstobeeffectedbytheecho.Eachoneoftheechoesmentionedaboveisnotmerelyareflectedcommonsoundherebutisendowedwithsomespecialmeaningoracertainfun

8、ction.ThroughdelvingintothetextandreferringtothehistoricalbackgroundandIndi