二元对立视角下《瑞普·凡·温克尔》赏析

An Appreciation of Rip Van Winkle from the Perspective of Binary Opposition

《瑞普·凡·温克尔》是美国文学史上具有里程碑式的作品,也是全世界文学爱好者百读不厌的经典之作。借用结构主义文学批评中"二元对立"的概念,探究了该小说中蕴含的保守与进步、浪漫与现实、男权意识与女性主义、万人迷与遁世者、悍妇与贤妻的矛盾,为更好地分析人物性格并解读作品的主题提供了新的视角。

Rip Van Winkle is a milestone in American literary history as well as a classic short story read and loved all over the world.Based on the concept of binary opposition from the structuralist literary criticism,some conflicts between conservatism and progress,romanticism and reality,male chauvinism and feminism,Mr.Popularity and recluse,shrew and good wife are discussed in the short story so as to provide readers with a new perspective to analyse its characters and the thesis.