无法完成赎罪的“俄狄浦斯”——伊恩·麦克尤恩小说《赎罪》中女主人公的神话原型分析

“Oedipus' ”Failed Redemption:Archetypal Analysis of the Heroine in the Ian McEwan's Novel Atonement

《赎罪》是当下英国文坛最具影响力的作家之一——伊恩·麦克尤恩的代表作。他运用其高超的写作技巧,在小说中为读者刻画了多个让人印象深刻的人物形象。原型批评是当代西方文艺批评理论中不可或缺的一个部分,它为经典作品的解读提供了一个新的视角。本文旨在运用弗莱的神话原型批评理论对《赎罪》女主人公进行分析,从深层次来解析这部作品。

Atonement is the masterpiece of Ian McEwan ,who is one of the most influential writers of English literature in the 20th century .He depicts several impressive characters in this novel with his su-perb art of writing .The archetypal criticism is an indispensable part of the twentieth century western critical theories ,and it provides a new perspective to interpret the novel ,Atonement .This thesis aims to analyze the heroine by using the Frye’s archetypal criticism ,hoping to help readers to understand this novel deeply .