小动物,大能量——詹姆斯·赖特《树枝不会折断》动物意象及生态观研究

Small Animals,Big Energy——Study on the Animal Images and Ecological Views in James Wright's"The Branch Will Not Break"

作为“深度意象主义”代表,詹姆斯·赖特诗集《树枝不会折断》成为二战后最具影响力诗集之一。赖特擅长描写自然,赋予景物深刻意象,在《树枝不会折断》中描绘丰富的动物意象,表达对自然的热爱与敬畏。本文运用解构逻各斯中心主义思想,分析《树枝不会折断》的动物意象,探讨赖特的生态整体观、生态平等观及生态忧患观,体现赖特通过动物意象刻画,表达对美国社会现状的不满、厌倦,渴望寄情自然,从中寻求心灵依托。

As a representative of"Deep Imagism",James Wright’s"The Branch Will Not Break"becomes one of the most influential poetry collections after World War II.Wright is good at narrating nature and endowing the scenery with profound images,he describes rich animal images in"The Branch Will Not Break",expressing his love and awe for nature.This paper aims to analyze the animal images in"The Branch Will Not Break"by employing Deconstruction of Logocentrism,and probes into Wright's ecological holism,ecological equality and ecological crisis.Through the depiction of animal images,Wright expresses dissatisfaction and boredom with the current situation of American society,yearning for natural feelings and seeks spiritual support from nature.