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1、AnAnalysisofSymbolisminAPassagetoIndiaAbstract:E.M.Forsterisaveryfamoustraditionalnovelist,whoisgoodatusingsymbolismtointerpretthethemesinhisnovels.Atthebeginningofthisessay,theauthorbrieflyintroducesForster’slifestory,andthenanalyzestheuseofsymbolsinhismasterpieceAPassagetoIndia.
2、Keywords:symbolism;friendship;APassagetoIndia1IntroductionEdwardMorganForsterisarealistic,traditionalnovelistinEnglishliterature.HewasborninLondonin1879,thesonofanarchitect.HewaseducatedatTongridgeSchoolandlateratKing’sCollege,Cambridge,whereheenjoyedthefreeacademicatmospherethere
3、.HewasparticularlyinterestedintheCambridgephilosopher,G.E.Moore’sideaoftruefriendshipinaverystuffyandhypocriticalworld.Forsterbeganhiscareerbyworkingasajournalistafterhisgraduation.HevisitedGreeceandstayedforatimeinItaly.BothGreekmythologyandItalianRenaissanceartgavehimmuchinspira
4、tion.Andmostofhisworkisconcernedwithwaysofdiscoveringaqualityinpersonalrelationshipamidthecomplexitiesanddistortionsofmodernlife.Andhealsoemphasizedtheimportanceofharmonybetweenspirituallifeandmaterialcivilizationandtheneedofmutualunderstandinginhumanrelationships,whichwasverywell
5、presentedinhisnovels.In1912and1922,ForstervisitedIndiatwice,andoutofhispersonalexperienceofthetwotrips,hewrotehislastandbestnovelAPassagetoIndia. 2TheContentofAPassagetoIndia InAPassagetoIndia,ForstertakestherelationsbetweentheEnglishmenandtheIndiansinIndiaintheearly1920sasaback
6、ground,tellsusastoryaboutanIndiandoctor’sbeingaccusedfalselyofinsultinganEnglishwoman,andexploresthepossibilitiesofestablishingtruefriendshipbetweenEnglishmenandIndiansundertheBritishcolonialistrule.ThestorydevelopsmainlyaroundtherelationsofAziz,aMuslinIndiandoctor,andCycilFieldin
7、g,anEnglishhumanist,whoworksinIndiaastheprincipaloftheGovernmentCollege. Mrs.MooreandMissAdelaQuestedhavestrongliberalideasandareeagertomeetIndiansonanequalposition.InordertomeettheneedsofAdela’sdeeplyandtrulyunderstandingofIndia,AzizinvitedthetwowomenandhisfriendFieldingtovisitt
8、heMarabarCaves.Whilevisitingoneof
