《白苍鹭》中姓名的象征意义

The Symbolic Meaning of Names in "A White Heron"

朱厄特是美国文学史上擅长描写新英格兰地方色彩的作家。《白苍鹭》是她的一篇短篇小说佳作。在该小说中,作者为叙述中出现的部分人和物取了普通的名字,并且巧妙地通过特定的语境赋予了它们丰富的象征意义,从而大大增强了小说的表现力和感染力,读起来意蕴深长,耐人寻味。

Sarah Orne Jewett is reputed as New England＇s best writer in the literature indigenous American literature. ＂A White Heron＂ is one of her best short stories, in which she gave the common names for some of the characters and other things, skillfully providing them a more profound symbolic meaning in special contexts, thus enhancing its expressive and infectious force and readability as well.