《霍华德别业》中的意象与象征

英国著名小说家E·M·福斯特的小说《霍华德别业》(Howards End)被文学评论界认为是一部反映爱德华时代英国现状的作品。本文通过对小说中的房屋、雨伞、宝剑、汽车和枯草热等意象编排和具有象征意味的情境描写的解读,来解析隐藏在这些意象之后的被作者赋予更深刻的社会的、人文的象征意义。福斯特借此意象微妙地向我们揭示了现代文明的两难境地：物质生产与精神文明的矛盾、冷酷的工商规则与温情脉脉的人文主义的冲突以及人与自然的日益疏离和工业化、机器文明与城市化进程对宁静的传统乡村生活秩序的压迫性冲击的忧虑。

Analysis on the Images and Symbolism in Howards End

Howards End is considered as an Edwardian condition of England novel.Through careful study of the subtle images,such as houses,umbrella,sword,car and hay fever,this paper analyzes the hidden social and humanistic connotations of these images.By means of symbolic description of these images,Foster brilliantly records the dilemmas of modern civilization:the separation between spiritual pursuit and material fulfillment,the opposition between culture and commerce and the alienation of man from nature,and expr...