论《细红线》中的意象及其象征意义

On the Images and Their Symbolic Meanings in "The Thin Red Line"

詹姆斯.琼斯的《细红线》中意象与象征手法的运用对突出小说的反战主题起到了不容忽视的作用,使小说的艺术性和思想性达到了高度的统一。标题《细红线》象征着理智与疯狂、生与死的分界线;贝尔的幻觉意象象征着家人和士兵的相互担忧和思念以及对死亡意识的淡化;威尔士的小调意象则象征着战争的目的——抢夺钱财。

The use of images and symbolic techniques in James Jones＇ ＂ The Thin Red Line＂ plays an unneglectful role in stressing the theme of opposing the war, thus achieving the integration of the fiction＇ s artistic quality and ideological content. The title ＂The Thin Bed Line＂ resembles the dividing line between reason and insanity, life and death; The illusion images of Bell resembles the mutual worries and missing between American soldiers and their families, and the desalination of death sense; The image of Wales＇ ditty resembles the aim of war-to rob others of their wealth.