文档介绍：A Brief Analysis of The Call of the Wild
摘要
《野性的呼唤》是杰克·伦敦的第一本畅销书,也是二十世纪早期美国最受欢迎的小说之一。这是一部使作者享誉文坛的作品,虽然它只有简单的情节但是它被看作是美国文坛的典范。文章生动地分析了杰克·伦敦作品主题的特点,那就是对人与自然冲突的描写。就《野性的呼唤》这本书来说,它的主人公巴克最终的回归行为是作者渴望自由的象征,也是在当时社会环境下受压迫人们的迫切愿望。它指出了作者的写作思想,那就是人们在与自然斗争中展示出的坚强意志。本文试图通过剖析作品的几大主题----回归自然,适者生存,社会生活的折射,抗争精神和人道主义,以揭示其主体的深刻内涵,从而探寻其长盛不衰的艺术魅力。
该篇论文深刻分析了“回归”的含义,在对原著透彻理解的基础上阐述了环境对人类的重要性,揭示了主题。
关键词: 野性的呼唤;自由;回归
Abstract
The Call of the Wild is the first seller of Jack London, one of the best novels in the early twentieth–century America. It was this book that made its author famous in the republic of letters. Although it has a simple plot, it is considered as a classic of American literature. The article vividly analyzes the characteristics of Jack London’s writing theme that is the description of the conflicts between nature and human. Based on The Call of the Wild,the behavior of its protagonist Buck’s final return is the symbol of yearning for freedom of the author as well as the urgent aspiration of people who were repressed at the social circumstance of that time. It points out the author’s writing thoughts, that human show how strong they are in their fight against nature. This thesis undertakes an attempt to dissect its themes—back to the nature, the survival of the fittest, the refraction of social life, struggles of the oppressed and humanitarianism so as to disclose the multiplicity of the theme in it.
This thesis analyzes the connotation of “return” deeply. Basing on the thorough understanding of the novel, this thesis expounds the importance of environment to human beings, and reveals the theme.
Key words:The Call of the Wild; freedom; return
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Leaving home to the wild 3
Falling into cheat and leaving home 3
Unable to get away from the club 3
Going into the wild 4
Chapter 3 A painful struggle 5
The initial practice 5
The tribulation of the survival 5
Following the law of the club and tooth