诺曼·梅勒成名作《裸者与死者》之象征、隐喻和讽刺分析

The Application of Three Writing Approaches,Symbolism,Metaphor and Satire,to the War-Novel The Naked and the Dead

美国当代作家诺曼·梅勒的成名作《裸者与死者》，真实再现了二战后美国社会的政治、经济和大众心理。小说中，象征、隐喻和讽刺手法是作家揭示小说主题的良好载体。梅勒用“军队”和“大山”分别象征强权势力和弱势群体；用隐喻的手法赋予“裸者”和“死者”丰富的含义；用讽刺的手法表现了他对美国社会现状的不满。象征、隐喻和讽刺，不仅使小说的含义深刻、意味隽永，也赋予了《裸者与死者》永恒的文学魅力和艺术价值。

The Naked and the Dead, Mailer＇s fame-setting work,is a war novd. However, it reflects the reality of that age. Each of the three writing approaches,symbolism,metaphor and satire serves as a good means in disclosing the theme of the novel. The author cites ＂Army＂ and ＂Mountain＂ to represent respectively the ＂mighty power＂ and ＂weak mass＂. The metaphor approach endows ＂the naked＂ and ＂the dead＂ with numerous meanings and the satire approach demonstrates the author＇s discontent with the American society. In summary, those three approaches make the novel extremely meaningful and greatly enhance the ever-lasting literary charm and artistic value.