论扬·马特尔小说的动物隐喻映射

Study On the Animal Metaphor Mappings in Yann Martel's Novels

动物经常作为主角出现在扬·马特尔的小说中,动物隐喻的使用、隐喻映射的建立帮助作家用一种艺术的方式来再现历史,传达哲学、信仰和伦理思想。在小说的创作中,二元对立的叙事体系和元小说的创作手法使动物隐喻映射得以构建,并最终实现了作家的创作意图。

Animals often appear as one of the main characters in Yann Martel＇ s novels. Animal metaphors and metaphorical map- pings help the writer to reproduce the history and to convey his philosophical, religious and ethical thoughts in an artistic way. In the fiction creation,the narrative system of binary opposition and the writing technique of metafietion make the animal metaphor map- pings established and finally contribute to the realization of the writer＇ s writing intention.