AN ANALYSIS ON THE IMAGES IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS
摘 要
艾米莉·勃朗特是十九世纪英国最重要的小说家之一。她唯一的小说《呼啸山庄》被公认为英国小说中最伟大的作品之一，在英国乃至世界文学史上占有重要的地位。作者在《呼啸山庄》中运用了象征手法和大量的意象，为小说增色不少。本文笔者将小说中的意象归类为自然意象和非自然意象两类。在自然意象中选取荒原，天气和季节，火焰，飞蛾，兰铃花和石楠丛作为研究对象；在非自然意象中选取书籍、窗户、鬼魂、呼啸山庄和画眉山庄作为研究对象。用文学批评的原理，分析这些具有代表性的意象，探讨作品中的象征手法的运用。以此解读《呼啸山庄》，帮助读者更好地理解这一部十九世纪英国最杰出的文学巨作。
关键词：呼啸山庄；意象；象征主义
ABSTRACT
Emily Brontë (1818-1848) is one of the most famous novelists in the nineteenth century of English literature. Wuthering Heights is the only novel she wrote, which is considered as one of the best English novels and has a great influence in world literature. Symbolism and imagery used in Wuthering Heights makes the story vividly and meaningful. The purpose of this thesis is to study the symbolism in Wuthering Heights. Firstly, imagery used in Wuthering Heights is divided into two kinds. One is natural imagery, and the other is non-natural imagery. Secondly, in each kind of imagery, certain typical images are selected to study. In the range of natural imagery, there are moor, season and weather, fire and flame, moths, heath and hare-bells. In the range of non-natural imagery, there are books, windows, ghosts, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Thirdly, with the theory of literary criticism, analyses these images to explore symbolism used in Wuthering Heights, in order to make readers understand this distinguished novel better.
Keywords：Wuthering heights; imagery; symbolism
Contents
1.Introduction 1
2.Background of Wuthering Heights 2
2.1Personal experience of Emily Brontë 2
2.2 The social background of writing 2
2.3 Different comments on Wuthering Heights 3
3.Symbolism and imagery in Wuthering Heights 5
4. Nature images in Wuthering Heights 7
4.1 The main image of moors 7
4.2 The images of seasons and weather 7
4.3 The images of fire and flame 9
4.4 The images of moths, heath and hare-bells 9
5. Non-natural images in Wuthering Heights 11
5.1 Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange 11
5.2 Images of Book and wind 11
5.3The image of windows 12
5.4 The image of ghosts 13
6.Conclusion 16
Acknowledgements 17
References 18
