讓過去言說——蘇菲的選擇中的語言和現(xiàn)實

1、山西大學(xué)2015 屆碩士學(xué)位論文讓過去言說 讓過去言說—《蘇菲的選擇》中的語言和現(xiàn)實 《蘇菲的選擇》中的語言和現(xiàn)實作者姓名 馮潔指導(dǎo)教師 白愛宏 副教授學(xué)科專業(yè) 英語語言文學(xué)研究方向 英美文學(xué)培養(yǎng)單位 外國語學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)年限 2012 年 9 月至 2015 年 6 月二〇一五年六月iAbstractWilliam Styron is recognized as one of the most influential authors in

2、America in thelate twentieth century. His masterpiece Sophie’s Choice is even seen as an excellent workabout the Holocaust, which won the American Book Award in 1980. With some uniquenarrative strategies, it reconstructs

3、 the most catastrophic disaster of the Holocaust,representing the past based on the reality. By exploring this novel’s unique narrativestrategies, this thesis mainly discusses how Styron reconstructs the unspeakable past

4、 of theHolocaust so as to reveal his idea about the relationship between language and reality.This thesis consists of four chapters. Introduction briefly explains the scholarlycontext, introduces the research question an

5、d points out the significance of this research.In Chapter Two, firstly the thesis distinguishes two concepts: history and the past.Then it further discusses theoretical debates on the nature of history and reviews the fa

6、ctthat under the influence of postmodernism, the representative function of history is underserious attack.Chapter Three, the main part of this thesis, mainly discusses Styron’s methods torepresent the past from two pers

7、pectives. First, this thesis focuses on the interweavingnarrative time and space. Juxtaposition of Sophie’s experiences in Auschwitz andAmerican daily life makes the general reader reconsider the Holocaust. Furthermore,f

8、ictionalization of the Holocaust and historization of narration help to set a bridge betweenhistory and reality, which enables the author to represent history based on reality. Second,the narrative unreliability is exami

9、ned. By adopting the first person narration, the novelreveals the unreliable narration of the Holocaust. Then through the distinct comparisonbetween the unreliable narration made by Sophie and the reliability of the impl

10、ied author,the unreliable narrator-Sophie is exposed. And lastly the significance of narrativeunreliability is explored, which turns readers’ attention from the facts of the Holocaust tosome deep meditation about good an

11、d evil.The conclusion of this study is that although Styron is fully aware of the complexrelationship between language and reality, he has faith in language, believing thatlanguage can represent the past in a sense. Henc