《到灯塔去》的象征主义解读

The Symbolism in To the Lighthouse

Abstract

As Virginia Woolfs masterpiece, To the Lighthouse is loaded with various symbols which grant the novel different reading and multiple perspectives. In fact, To the Lighthouse embodies Virginia Woolfs new concept about novel writing—to probe the deeper levels of the human psyche. Her symbolism is one of her attempts to achieve the aim of rendering "true life"—the characters inner reality. As a writer who rarely has a secure vision of reality and the external world, Virginia Woolf has an obvious interest in the ambiguity, suggestiveness and uncertainty of symbols, particularly as each symbol can take on different meaning for the person who looks at it, thus emphasizing the uniqueness of each individual and the distance that can exist between them, even when gazing on external and shared reality. And also Virginia Woolf reveals the relation between subjectivity and objectivity from her symbolism. This thesis tries to interpret the symbolism in To the Lighthouse through analyzing the objects, characters and the structure of this novel, revealing that characters inner mind and the reality of life.

Key Words: Woolf; To the Lighthouse; symbolism; lighthouse; window
 
摘  要

《到灯塔去》作为伍尔夫意识流小说的压卷之作,多样的象征赋予了小说不同的解读与多样的见解。小说展示了伍尔夫的小说理论--探求人物深层的精神世界.她小说中的象征主义的运用是1种探求生活的真实性的1种尝试，在于表现人物的内在真实。因为微妙的心理活动本来就是捉摸不定的，只可意会不能言传。不同的人对相同的象征，即相同的客观对应物可以有截然不同的诠释，这1特点也被伍尔夫巧妙的运用来刻画人物性格，展示人物丰富的情感世界。通过象征主义手法在小说中的运用，作者有力的揭示了人类精神世界与客观世界之间的关系。本文将从分析小说中的事物、人物，以及小说的结构来解读小说的象征主义手法，揭示了人物的内心世界与生活的现实意义。

关键词: 伍尔夫、《到灯塔去》、象征主义、灯塔、窗

..............