后殖民主义小说中颜色意象的研究
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关键词:英语毕业论文象征主义颜色殖民遗产
摘要:本文是英语毕业论文, 本文对后殖民主义小说中颜色意象的使用进行了深入的探讨和分析。 在前一部分, 对相关概念如后殖民主义, 后殖民主义文学,后历史主义等进行了解释, 并且探讨了象征主义和后殖民主义文学作品的渊源。
Chapter One Symbolism and Post-colonial Literature
The tradition of symbolism could be traced back to Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Females, animals, natural scenery, fire, madness and colors are all widely used symbols in post-colonialism novels. In Heart of Darkness, white and black refer to good and evil respectively; females refer to the ignorant and oppressed. A Passage to India by Edward Morgan Forster takes the echo in caves as a symbol to demonstrate the mystery of Hinduism and the sole origin of all things. In Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, mirror becomes a symbol of oneself, while the burnt parrot and killed horse symbolize misfortune. By means of knitting these symbols into the text, the authors transmit obscure and multiple cultural themes.
A. Post-colonial Literature
It is widely acknowledged by western academia that post-colonialism is a concept of time, referring to the historical period after colonization, namely, the period after the colonial liberation movement since Yalta Conference. Unlike the political and economic colonization achieved by military occupation, it means the neo-colonization in cultural and other forms. At the same time, post colonialism appears as a theoretical thought in western ideological circle and extends all over the world. Post-colonialism reflects, from a cultural perspective, the influence of western hegemony on the third world countries. Literature written in the context of post colonialism is called post-colonial literature. 7 Among the rich reservoir of the English literature, post-colonial literature is of great significance. Post-colonial literature refers to the literary works that deal with the cultural and literary discourse of European colonial
history all over the world, mainly the countries which belong to the so called the third world, most of which are located in non-Europe regions. It examines and studies the political, social and cultural problems and evolutions that are caused by the colonial occupation; It concerns itself especially with the colonial legacies in the formerly colonized countries in the decolonization era; It describes people living in countries and areas which used to be or still are colonies; It also covers literary critiques about canonical literature which justify colonialism. Most of their authors a
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