实现社会价值 完成人生蜕变——路易斯·萨奇尔小说《洞》的成长主题解读

An Interpretation of Initiation Theme in Louis Sachar's Novel Holes

成长是青少年文学作品的永恒主题。美国作家路易斯·萨奇尔的优秀青少年小说《洞》曾荣获1999年纽伯瑞儿童文学金奖,它展示了小主人公史丹利在历险与磨难中步入成熟的艰辛成长历程。探讨了主人公的社会性成长,分析了他如何融入社会、建立社会身份并在此过程中获得道德升华,从而解读小说蕴含的成长主题。

Coming-of-age is the eternal theme in the young adult literary works .American writer Louis Sachar ’ s excellent adolescent novel Holes , the winner of the 1999 Newberry Medal Award , exhibits the protagonist Stanley ’ s initiating process of step-ping into manhood through adventures and ordeals .The essay attempts to explore the protagonist ’ s growth in social aspect by analy-zing the process of constructing social identity and moral growth so as to probe into the initiation theme in the novel .