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Abstract Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. Animal Farm is his most famous allegorical novel. This thesis will analyze the novel through the perspective of symbolization.
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There are many distinctive symbols, such as, pigs and horses in Animal Farm which serve as the basic foundation of my paper. My study discusses from the angle of allegory on animals and based on the groundwork of symbolization to analyze the true intention of George Orwell’s writing of Animal Farm. This paper is inspired from exploring the Animal Farm which explores a new world behind the past others’ superficial study. So it deserves a new study on Animal Farm from the perspective of symbolism.
This paper surveys the symbolization on Animal Farm from several aspects: the background and development and definition of the symbolization. Then, this thesis studies on the application of symbolism in Animal Farm. In this part, the paper mainly analyzes the reflection in reality of those days and four major symbols in the book. On the last part, this paper focuses on analyzing the application of symbolism on some plots. The conclusion is mainly discusses the mainly purpose of writing and limitation and further perspective.
Key Words: George Orwell, Animal Farm, symbolization
摘要 乔治•奥威尔，原名艾里克•阿瑟•布莱尔，英国作家和新闻记者。《动物庄园》是他最著名的寓言小说，本文立意象征主义角度分析该小说。
在《动物庄园》中充满了大量的象征符号，如、猪和马等，为此论文做进一步的研究建立一个基础。本小说从动物身上的寓意角度，以象征主义理论为坚实基础，对乔治•奥威尔在《动物庄园》中运用大量象征符号真正的意图进行研究。本论文是在分析《动物庄园》中挖掘出了一个全新的视角，故此论文与之前其他人所做的浅层表面的研究有所不同。所以《动物庄园》需要从象征主义手法进行一项新的研究。
本论文从几个方面分析《动物庄园》中的象征主义手法：背景、发展历程与象征主义的定义方面入手进行分析。其次，本论文研究了象征主义手法在《动物庄园》中的应用，在这一部分，本论文主要分析了象征的喻体在当时社会的处境以及书中四大主要象征本体的含义。在分析的最后一部分，本论文重点分析两大象征事件。结论部分，主要探讨了写此论文的初衷、限制以及对未来的展望。6415
关键词：乔治•奥威尔，动物庄园，象征主义
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements.i
Abstractii
摘要.iii
1 Introduction.1
2 A Brief Survey of Symbolism2
2.1 The Background of Symbolism..2
2.2 The Development of Symbolism3
3 The Application of Symbolism in Animal Farm 5
3.1 Reflection in Reality ..6
3.2 Analysis on Four Major Symbols in Animal Farm..6
3.2.1 The Symbolization of Napoleon7
3.2.2 The Symbolization of Snowball9
3.2.3 The Symboli.zation of Squealer.10
3.2.4 The Symbolization of Boxer11
3.3 Analyze the Application of Symbolism on Plots12
3.3.1 The Accident of the Seven Commandments13
3.3.2 The Accident of Windmill.14
4 Conclusion....15
Bibliography..17
1 Introduction
Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by clarity, intelligence and wisdom, complete awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and belief in democratic socialism. Considered one of the 20th century's best chroniclers of English culture, George Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. Animal Farm is his most famous allegorical novel. This thesis will analyze the application of the symbolism in Animal Farm.
On the outbreak of World War II, George Orwell submitted his name to the Central Register for war effort but nothing transpired. In the March of 1943 George Orwell’s mother died and around the same time he was starting work on a new book, which would turn out to be Animal Farm. It is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945.