赫爾曼·梅爾維爾是美國文學史上一位頗具影響力的作家。在《皮埃爾,或含混》這部作品中,作者旨在從不同側面來探討引發(fā)批評家對立觀點的“含混”主題。通過探討善與惡以及異性戀與同性戀之間的含混,本文將揭示含混的意圖就是旨在證明這樣一個道理:世界本身就是一個含混的世界,繼續(xù)沉浸在界限分明的二元對立思維中將不可避免地導致悲劇。威廉·燕卜蓀關于含混的理論更多關注細致分析文本中的不同修辭。與之不同,本文作者從后現(xiàn)代“不確定性”的批評角度出發(fā)討論《皮埃爾》這部作品中不同層面的含混主題。本文由五個部分組成。第一部分為前言介紹了梅爾維爾的主要作品,重點介紹《皮埃爾,或含混》這部小說,列舉出本文討論的不同觀點。第二章介紹了威廉·燕卜蓀《含混七型》中關于含混的理論以及后現(xiàn)代批評家對含混理論的思考與發(fā)展。通過與約翰·班揚的《天路歷程》以及但丁·亞利基利的《地獄篇》作比較,進而探討梅爾維爾是如何在《皮埃爾》中通過戲仿以上兩部寓言作品來闡釋“含混”主題的。第三章通過梳理“善惡”觀念的發(fā)展歷史,向我們展示了小說中主要人物善與惡的含混性。第四章則主要著眼于主人公皮埃爾性別身份的含混性探討。通過“亂倫”主題揭示皮埃爾與他的... 

【文章來源】：北京語言大學北京市 教育部直屬院校

【文章頁數(shù)】：47 頁

【學位級別】：碩士

【文章目錄】：
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
摘要
ABSTRACT
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
    1.1 A brief introduction of Herman Melville and his writings
    1.2 An introduction of Melville's Pierre, or, the Ambiguities
    1.3 The significance of the study - Melville's transcendental prediction of postmodern thinking of ambiguity
Chapter Two MELVILLE'S QUARREL WITH GOD - AMBIGUITY GENERATED BY PARODY
    2.1 An introduction of the concept of ambiguity
    2.2 Melville's parody of the allegory of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
    2.3 Melville's parody of the allegory of Dante's Inferno
Chapter Three THE MAIN CHARACTERS' AMBIGUOUS MORAL STANDARDS OF "GOOD AND EVIL"
    3.1 An introduction of the development of the concept of "good and evil"
    3.2 Pierre's and Isabel' ambiguous moral standards of "good and evil"
    3.3 Transcendental values on "good and evil" in Melville's time
Chapter Four AMBIGUITY OF GENDER IDENTITY - AN INTERPRETATION OF PIERRE'S SEXUALITY
    4.1 Pierre's heterosexuality - an interpretation of the theme of "incest"
    4.2 Pierre's homosexuality
        4.2.1 Pierre's desire for Isabel - a transgression of his desire for his "pure" father
        4.2.2 Pierre's relationship with Glen Stanly- a representation of homosexual brotherhood and competition to achieve manhood
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
WORKS CITED



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