《印度之行》:福斯特对人类及世界的探索之旅

A Passage to India: E.M.Forster’s passage to man and his universe

通过分析《印度之行》的标题、结构、主要事件、人物塑造和主要意象的象征含义 ,全方位追踪福斯特对人类世界既立足于错综复杂的现实、又超然于哲学高度的探索之旅 ,解读小说家对现实存在的两个层面 (人类层面和非人类层面 )的同步考察 ,探求人类存在的终极意义。

By interpreting synthetically the symbolic implications of the major events and characterization in E.M.Forster’s A Passage to India, together with its recurrent symbols and images, this study aims at an in depth analysis on a wider scope to appreciate the novel’s perfect combination of social realism, philosophic insight and symbolic suggestion, tracing the novelist’s realistic and philosophical passage to man and his universe.