浅析《桤木王》中的儿童形象

An Analysis of the Images of Children in The Erl-King

《桤木王》是米歇尔·图尼埃最负盛名的作品之一。小说以二战为背景,讲述了阿贝尔·迪弗热从小到大、从二战前到战争爆发、从法国到德国的经历。小说中出现了许多儿童,他们虽然不是主要人物,但影响了主人公的人生,且与小说探讨和揭示的人性主题有紧密的联系。文章旨在研究这些儿童的形象,从现实和象征两个层面归纳和分析小说中的儿童形象,并尝试阐释其意蕴,以探究图尼埃文学世界的独特之处。

The Erl-King is one of Michel Tournier’s most prestigious works.The background of the novel is World War II.It tells the childhood of Abel Tiffauges,his experience before the war and his journey from France to Germany after the outbreak of the war.Many children appear in the novel.Although they are not the main characters,they affect deeply the life of the protagonist and are closely related to the theme of human nature which the author tries to discussed and revealed in the novel.This article aimed to study the images of these children from the perspectives of reality and symbolism,and tried to interpret their implications,in order to explore the uniqueness of Michel Tournier’s literary world.