2023年段改金最终定稿.docx

学 院 外国语学院 专 业 英语语言文学 届 别 2023 题 目 梭罗瓦尔登湖的象征主义分析 学生姓名 段改金 学 号 202308401308 指导教师 杨燕 教 务 处 制 THE SYMBOLISM IN THOREAU’S WALDEN A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LITERARY WORK (ENGLISH MAJOR) YUNNAN MINZU UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS BY DUAN GAIJIN CLASS OF 2023 STUDENT CODE: 202308401308 SUPERVISED BY YANGYAN APRIL 27, 2023 云南民族大学毕业论文原创性声明 本人郑重声明：所呈交的毕业论文，是本人在指导教师的指导下进行研究工作所取得的成果。除论文中已经注明引用的内容外，本论文没有抄袭、剽窃他人已经发表的研究成果。本声明的法律结果由本人承担。 毕业论文作者签名： 日 期： 年 月 日 …………………………………………………………………………… 关于毕业论文使用授权的说明 本人完全了解云南民族大学有关保存、使用毕业论文的规定，即：学校有权保存、送交论文的复印件，允许论文被查阅，学校可以公布论文的全部或局部内容，可以采用影印或其他复制手段保存论文。 （保密论文在解密后应遵守） 指导教师签名： 论文(设计)作者签名： 日期： 年 月 Acknowledgments First, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my paper supervisor Ms Yang, for her kindly assistance and valuable suggestions during the process of this paper. Ms Yang has academic style and meticulous approach to life. She is an example to me. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this paper. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Second, my particular thanks also go to all the teachers who have taught me, friends and family, for their encouragement and support for the completion of this paper throughout. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis. Abstract The theory of Symbolism has been a hot issue in Foreign Literary Works. Symbolism is one of the most famous schools in modernism literature, and its fundamental characteristic is implying the work’s thinking, the evolvement of things especially the author’s inner sincerity. This thesis employs Symbolism Theory to present Thoreau’s Spiritual Minds in Walden and wants to explore the artistic charming of Walden and Thoreau’s spiritual pursuit. After analyzing the symbols of images in Walden, this thesis draws the conclusion that people have to return to Nature to seek out the truth by themselves. Key words: symbolism; spirit; Walden; images 象征主义理论在外国文学作品中一直是一个很热门的话题。象征主义是现代主义文学中最受欢迎的流派之一，它的特点是用意象来表达作者暗含的思想，是作者内心最真实的心理过程。 本研究运用象征主义理论来表达梭罗在瓦尔登湖中的精神高度和探索瓦尔登湖的文学艺术及梭罗的精神追求。通过瓦尔登湖中意象的分析，这篇论文得出的结论是: 人类必须回归到大自然中去自己找到真相。 关键词：象征主义；精神；瓦尔登湖；意象 Contents 云南民族大学毕业论文（设计）原创性声明 ……..ⅰ Acknowledgments ii Abstract iii iv 1. Introduction 1 1.1 A General Introduction to Henry David Thoreau 1 1.2 A General Introduction to Walden 1 1.3 The Purpose of the Study 2 2. Literature Review 3 2.1 Research Abroad 3 2.2 Domestic Research 3 2.3 Critical Comment of the study 4 3. Symbolism 5 3.1 The Definition of Symbolism 5 3.2 The Significance of Symbolism in Literature 5 4. Symbolism Embodied in Walden 7 4.1 Symbols of Natural Sceneries 7 4.1.1 Symbol of the Ponds 7 4.1.2 Symbol of Water 8 4 Symbol of Bean and Cabin 9 4.2 Symbols of Animal 10 4 Symbol of Ant 10 4.2.2 Symbol of Other Animals 12 4.3 Symbols of Seasons 13 5. The function of Symbolism in Walden 15 5.1 Beneficial to Those People Who Have Desire 15 5.2 Helpful to Those People Who Have Lost Themselves in Life 17 6. Conclusion 18 References 19 1. Introduction Thoreau studies in China are not only less in amount, but also one-sided in viewpoint. To redress the balance, I should focus my study on Thoreau’s thinking. Thoreau is not one who pays no attention to the society. Instead, he is very active in politics having delivered a series of political lectures in Concord on anti-slavery, materialism and so on. 1.1 A General Introduction to Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), one of the most famous American classic writers in the 19th century. He was also known as the leading transcendentalist whose reputation and influence had been on the rise after he died. Emerson’s the truest disciple, the man who put into practice many of Emerson’s theories. Thoreau was born in Concord in 1817. He was educated in Harvard, graduating in 1837, the year of Emerson’s famous address, “The American Scholar.〞 Coming under the Emerson’s influence (Thoreau had once walked eighteen miles to Boston to hear him lecture). Thoreau lived for more than one year in Emerson’s house, doing chores and serving as a general handyman, and most important of all, absorbing many of the older man’s ideas. Thoreau was only forty-five when he died. He has spent a lifetime near Concord, only a fe