论《一位女士的画像》的成长主题及其表现手法

Growth Theme and Its Expression Technique about The Portrait of a Lady

美国作家亨利·詹姆斯的《一位女士的画像》是一部美国成长小说,主人公伊萨贝尔为了见世面从新兴的美国来到古老世故的欧洲世界,经过天真——受骗——觉醒——成熟的成长过程终于从一个盲目追求自由的女孩蜕变为一个心理和道德都成熟的女士。一些不可或缺的人物是促使主人公成长的力量,而她顿悟后所作出的回归不幸婚姻的决定正是她成长蜕变的标志。

American writer Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady,is an American growth novel.It depicts an innocent American girl,deceived by villains,suffers tortures and awakens and achieves to be a mature lady psychologically and morally.On the way to her initiation,Isabel meets some characters who have influenced her a lot.These people are the powers of promoting her to grow,Isablel's final return to her unhappy marriage is the symbol of her initiation.