1、 题 目 梭罗瓦尔登湖的象征主义分析 AcknowledgmentsFirst, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my paper supervisor Ms Yang, for her kindly assistance and valuable suggestions during the process of this paper. Ms Yang has academic style and meticulous approach to life. She is an example to me. She has walke
2、d me through all the stages of the writing of this paper. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Second, my particular thanks also go to all the teachers who have taught me, friends and family, for their encouragement and support for
3、 the completion of this paper throughout. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis. AbstractThe theory of Symbolism has been a hot issue in F
4、oreign Literary Works. Symbolism is one of the most famous schools in modernism literature, and its fundamental characteristic is implying the works thinking, the evolvement of things especially the authors inner sincerity. This thesis employs Symbolism Theory to present Thoreaus Spiritual Minds in
5、Walden and wants to explore the artistic charming of Walden and Thoreaus spiritual pursuit. After analyzing the symbols of images in Walden, this thesis draws the conclusion that people have to return to Nature to seek out the truth by themselves. Key words: symbolism; spirit; Walden; images摘要象征主义理论
6、在外国文学作品中一直是一个很热门的话题。象征主义是现代主义文学中最受欢迎的流派之一，它的特点是用意象来表达作者暗含的思想，是作者内心最真实的心理过程。 本研究运用象征主义理论来体现梭罗在瓦尔登湖中的精神高度和探索瓦尔登湖的文学艺术及梭罗的精神追求。通过瓦尔登湖中意象的分析，这篇论文得出的结论是: 人类必须回归到大自然中去自己找到真相。 关键词：象征主义；精神；瓦尔登湖；意象 Contents云南民族大学毕业论文（设计）原创性声明.Acknowledgmentsii Abstractiii摘要iv1. Introduction11.1 A General Introduction to Henr
7、y David Thoreau11.2 A General Introduction to Walden11.3 The Purpose of the Study22. Literature Review32.1 Research Abroad32.2 Domestic Research32.3 Critical Comment of the study43. Symbolism53.1 The Definition of Symbolism53.2 The Significance of Symbolism in Literature54. Symbolism Embodied in Wal
8、den74.1 Symbols of Natural Sceneries74.1.1 Symbol of the Ponds74.1.2 Symbol of Water84.1.3 Symbol of Bean and Cabin94.2 Symbols of Animal104.2.1 Symbol of Ant104.2.2 Symbol of Other Animals124.3 Symbols of Seasons135. The function of Symbolism in Walden15 5.1 Beneficial to Those People Who Have Desi
9、re155.2 Helpful to Those People Who Have Lost Themselves in Life176. Conclusion18References191. IntroductionThoreau studies in China are not only less in amount, but also one-sided in viewpoint. To redress the balance, I should focus my study on Thoreaus thinking. Thoreau is not one who pays no atte
10、ntion to the society. Instead, he is very active in politics having delivered a series of political lectures in Concord on anti-slavery, materialism and so on.1.1 A General Introduction to Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau (1817-1862), one of the most famous American classic writers in the 19th
11、 century. He was also known as the leading transcendentalist whose reputation and influence had been on the rise after he died. Emersons the truest disciple, the man who put into practice many of Emersons theories. Thoreau was born in Concord in 1817. He was educated in Harvard, graduating in 1837,
12、the year of Emersons famous address, “The American Scholar.” Coming under the Emersons influence (Thoreau had once walked eighteen miles to Boston to hear him lecture). Thoreau lived for more than one year in Emersons house, doing chores and serving as a general handyman, and most important of all,
13、absorbing many of the older mans ideas. Thoreau was only forty-five when he died. He has spent a lifetime near Concord, only a few short trips to Maine or Cape Cod, but a longer journey to Canada. Yet he had no sense of being confined by the narrow geographical limits of his life. As a young man Tho
14、reau took an unusual interest in nature world, thus he spent two years and two mouths in living in Walden Pond and wrote about his life experiences. Thoreau felt that man should seek truth directly by himself and not through imitation of others. As he saw it, the best way to find truth is by coming
15、back to the nature, because modern civilized life has dehumanized man and placed man in a spiritual adversity. Hence the book is full of people waking-up, as a matter of fact, he wakes up several times by himself in the book. As J.L Basile sums it up, about man, what he is, and what he should be and
16、 must be.1.2 A General Introduction to WaldenWalden, Thoreaus masterpiece could be considered as the brand new Relationship between human and nature. Walden is composed of 18 chapters. Each of which has its own title. In 1845 Thoreau began a two-year residence at Walden Pond. He lived at Walden in a h
