从《雪夜停在林边》看西方文学中的死亡象征

The Symbolization of Death Seen from Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

死亡是西方文学中最为常见也是任何作家都无法回避的一个话题。除了直接的死亡场景描述以外,西方文学还常常借助于各种死亡象征的运用。美国诗人罗伯特.弗罗斯特正是由于在其诗作《雪夜停在林边》中恰如其分地运用了树林这一死亡象征,从而使他的这首短诗具有了无穷的生命力。除了树林以外,西方文学中常见的死亡象征还有水、火、各种动物以及陌生的他人之死等等。

Death is a common topic in western literature that no writer of any school can seek to avoid.Besides the direct description of scences of death,western writers employ the symbolization of death of varous types.The popularity of Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is just because of its perfect use of Woods as the symbolization of death.Besides woods, other symbolizations of death like water,fire,different animals as well as the death of an irrelevant stranger can also easily be found in western literature.