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1、..毕业论文题目：分析《白鲸》的象征手法Title:OntheUseofSymbolisminMobyDick.....IntroductionThenovelMobyDick,writtenbyHermanMelville,isgenerallyregardedasoneofthemostpopularandtheworld’sgreatestmasterpiecesinAmericaliterature.Inthisbook,Symbolismisgivenafulluse,providingreaderswith
2、anotherwaytounderstandthenovelandcreatingtheliteraryvalueabovetimeandspace.MelvillewasborninNewYorkCityonAugust1,1819.Hisparentswereofmiddle—classfamilybackground.Hischildhoodwasasecureandcomfortableone,buthisfatechangedin1832,whenhisfatherdiedandleftthefamilywi
3、thhugedebts.Thereforehewasforcedtodropout,andengagedinlotsofjobs.Amongthem,theearlysailingexperienceswerequiterewarding.Itnotonlybecameastoreofrawmaterialsforhisvisionsoflifebutalsobroadenedhishorizon.Thatistosayhisrealeducationwasatsea.Oncehesaid“awhale—shipwas
4、myYaleCollegeandmyHarvard.”MelvillebeganworkingonMobyDickabouta“whalingvoyage”in1850whenhewashalfwayinthework;hemetHawthorne,whoisanAmericanShakespearetohim.AsaresultofhisimpactsforHawthorne,MobyDickappearedinlate1851.MobyDickisawhalingtalebasedonMelville’sexper
5、iencesofsailor’syears;thedirectsourceMelville’ssailingexperiencesaccumulatetohiswriting.Inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry,thenovelisalsoconsideredasanencyclopediaofeverything:history,philosophy,religion,etc.(洊波.2000.P.80).Unluckily,
6、itwasoverlookedinitsauthor’stimeduetoitsdeepworryabouthumancivilizationandgloomyatmosphereof.....pessimism.Melville’sreputation“surgedfromthelesserAmericanwritersintotherarefiedcompanyofShakespeareandafewfellowimmortalsofworldliteraturesothatonlyWhitman,James,an
7、dFaulknerwereseenashisAmericanequals.”(Gottesman2044).Hisliteraryreputationnaturallyleadstoastudyofthestoryofthebigwhale.DiscussingontheuseofSymbolisminMobyDick,wementionTheWhiteWhale,Ahab,theshipPequod.Thispaperwillshowthetragedybyanalyzingthesymbolicmeaningoft
8、hefactors.ChapterI.EmbodimentofMysticalColorinMobyDickInWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,theword“mystic”means“beyondhumancomprehension;mysteriousorenigmatic”andinth
