《德伯维尔·苔丝》中“水”的意象解析 The Analysis of the image of “Water” in Tess of the DUrbervilles开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

thomashardywasaneminentbritishnovelistinthevictorianage.hisnovelscanbeclassifiedintothreetypes:novelsofenvironmentandcharacter,novelsofromanceandfantasiesandnovelsofingenuity.amongthem,novelsofenvironmentandcharacterarethemostfamousones.amasterpieceofthattypeisthenoveltessofthed’urbervilles.itembodiesgreatvalueinitsthematicexpressionanditsform,onwhichmuchresearchhasbeenconductedovertherecentyears.thispaperstudiesthethemesandformoftessofthed’urbervillesfromtheperspectiveoftheimageofwater.

thetraditionalthemesoftessofthed’urbervillesthathavebeenstudiedincludethethemeofdestinedtragedy,therelationshipsbetweenenvironmentandcharacter,characterandfateinlightofancientgreektragedy,arthurschopenhauer’spessimistphilosophyandsomeprototypesinthebible.meanwhile,feminist,ecologicalandecofeministperspectiveshaveoftenbeenusedtoanalyzethisnovel.accordingly,somenewthemeshavebeenprobed,forexample,theimageofnewwomenunderpatriarchy,therelationshipbetweensexandmarriage,conflictbetweenindustrialdevelopmentandnaturalenvironment,thesignificanceofharmonybetweenhumanbeingandenvironment,harmonybetweenonepersonandtheotherandtheharmonywithinoneself.

generally,anovelcontainsseveralelementslikeplot,character,theme,pointofview,image,symbol,toneandsoon.amongthem,imageplaysanimportantroleinunderstandinganovel’sthemesandappreciatingitsform.imagesintessofthed’urbervillesthathavebeenanalyzedincludethebirds,thebookofgenesis,variantnamesofd’urbervilles,thehorseprince,thed’urbervillesfamilyvault,thefantasylandbrazilandsoon.however,thereisanothernoticeableimagerecurringinthewholestory---water,whichhasrarelybeenelaborated.inthisnovel,waterexistsintheformsoftheriversofblackmoorandfroom,thewaterofbaptismalsoincluded.waterastheessentialelementintheenvironmentandthedivinethinginitsreligioussenserepresentsthestateoftess’slife,reflectsherpsychology,denotestheunderlyingdanger,actsasadividinglineofherlife,removeshershameandsin,cleanshermiserablememoryawayandofferssalvationwhichareimpliedbythedepictionoftherivers,theusageofpunsandsomerepetitionlikethewords”wash”and”forget”.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

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thispaperconductstheanalysisofthesymbolicmeaningsandotherfunctionsoftheimageofwaterinthisnovelforthepurposeofbetterunderstandingthenovel’sthemesandappreciatingitsform.roughly,thepaperconsistsofthreeparts:introduction,bodyandconclusion.theintroductionparttouchesuponthebasicinformationoftessofthed’urbervillesanditsauthor,aliteratureoverviewincluded.besidesthat,themainideaandthestructureofthispaperaretobeintroducedinthispart.thebodyparthasfourchapters:theriverofblackmoorinthemaidenperiod,theriverasadividinglineoftess’life,theriveroffroomasahealingplace,thewaterusedtobaptizethechild.finally,theconclusionpartgivesanoverallillustrationonthispaper.

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3. 研究计划与安排

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