Agreatfablewiththesproutofpostmodernism《蝇王》英文论文

1、A great fable with the sprout of postmodernismWilliam Golding (1911-1993), a famous writer from Britain who was the Nobel Prize for literature in 1983. In 1954, his book Lord of the flies was published after 21 publishing companies refused. What beat all was that this book was sought-after desperate

2、ly. The writer E.M.Forster judged it as the best novel at that year. Another critic named V.S. Pritchett said William is a writer full with creation and ingenuities. From then, Lord of the flies became the best-selling book at that time, up to now it published more than million, were translated to a

3、bout 30 languages, then filmed 2 movies, its also a text book in many secondary schools, it was the model of the contemporary literature. Why this book is so famous? There are 3 reasons I think. First, there was one book called The Coral island and another one called Robinson Crusoe, these two books

4、 also talk about living on a islet and were very famous, but they are very different form Lord of the flies ; Second, for the particular vision of this book, William thought about the vicious of human, is very different from the traditionally literatures which have solitary islet as a background, it

5、 showed the sprout of postmodernism with a interesting fable; Third, William uses mutual and irony in this book, intensify the theme of this novel.Nancy2Lord of the flies narrated a story about how did a group of boys spend their time on a islet, if you love to read books, you will associate a book

6、named Robinson Crusoe immediately, indeed, Lord of the flies is a book talking about live on islet, but there are lots of difference between these books. In the bookRobinson Crusoe ， the protagonist drifts to a islet by himself, there was no water no food, it was difficult for him to stay alive on i

7、t. What confused is that, at last, this island became a paradise because of Robinson sb rave and intelligence, he build it with his industrious hands and clever head. The author in praise of Robinsons unyielding determination, hard-working spirit and tenacity of perseverance. From a deeper sense, no

8、vels talked about the conflict between man and nature, therefore, what he is eulogize are the entire mankind great will, wisdom and strength. This theme reflects the enlightenment period a nd the initial period of capitalism s enterprising spirit ofoptimism, but also ushers in the era of the islands

9、 literature for later ages. In fact, Lord of the flies directly imitated “Coral island “ which wrote by R.M Ballantyne. This is also a literature output talking about an isolated island.Golding mentioned the relationships between these two books in one of his speech, he said:“ This prototype story i

10、sC oral island . Lord of the flies alsolends character of many references to this work. Coral island , wrote three Britain youths drifting into a Coral island in the South Pacific because of a shipwreck, the three people sharing weal and woe, solidarity, fight with pirateNancy 3 and aborigines, retu

11、rned to their hometown at last. Ballantyte on peoples perceptions of the same optimism, his characters have virtue of brave wit and fraternity. The Coral island stheme ideas inherited the Robinson Crusoeidealism, since in the novel the good fight against the evil, civilization has conquered the barb

12、aric. In order to strengthen this theme, Ballentyne though mechanically let the savage according to Christianity without a reason. Either the book Robinson Crusoe or Coral island song the praises of the nobleness and glorify the mightiness of human, nonetheless, Lord of the flies s tory overturned t

13、hese all. The story occurred on a island, however, this island had very nice weather, had enough food applies, therefore, they donht ave any cold and hunger, meanwhile, there was no safety potential, although the refugees are all children, there a lot of people. They should have a better life than R

14、obinson and characters in Coral island , at first, it was like this, but changed quickly, Jack sd esire of power made him changed totally. The barbarity latent in the humanity devoured them, the group with Jack played tricks, committed terrorism, and massacre companions who share weal and woe, made

15、the paradise became an abattoir. This opposition to the traditional island spirit of optimism high literature to pessimistic theme concept, obviously it is from Golding s ware xperience. The stimulation form World War I in his childhood and personal experience of World War II made him cast doubt on

16、human nature and humanity. What Golding felt like was also what everybodyNancy 4 felt like after the WWII; many books at that time reserved the universal value which said good must defeat evil, civilization must defeat savage.Lord of theflies is the beginning of this. These differences from the trad

17、itional island literature made the book became eminence, meanwhile, it is a very great help to the later achievement of this book.Golding used fables to show the thoughts of the evil human nature, and the themes of anti-tradition. Fable is an old literary style which expresses the implicit senses by

18、 using stories. Lord of the flies tells a story about a bunch of children experiencing on an isolated island, and it makes people have a deep think of human nature, so Lord of the flies is also regarded as a fable. For instance, I Evans, an American literary critic, claimed thatLord of the flies is

19、aphilosophical and fable-like story about the evil human nature and the frailty of civilization. And Golding himself accepted this comment as well. Critics always called Gold ing as “ fable writer ”, and called his literatures asLord of“ fablesthe flies is not a traditional fable; it changed the old

20、 fable forms, and created a new art experience and literary forms. In the traditional sense of fables often attach a simple moral to the story, and usually correspond to an abstract idea, or very religious, ethical or political thing. For example, “ PilgrimsP rogress ” , one of the most famous fable

21、s in English Literature written by 17th century British writer Jon Bunyan, is talking about a Christian and his wife pursuing the light of haven, and experiencing all kinds of hardships and dangers along theNancy 5way, and eventually they arrived at haven. This fable implies the moralization and rel

22、igious doctrine about how to save souls. In this fable, every character is a kind of symbol of ethic, such as the Christian represents the obstinateness, loyalty, selfishness, ignorance, and mercy. Or in the other word, these ethics are anthropomorphized. Each plot is represented a part of the life

23、experience, such as meeting the despair giant, being send to the distrust castle, swamping in the discourage marshland, or passing the showy market, etc. But, the connection between the fable tse nor and vehicle is unitary, settled and abstract. It has neither vivid, twists and turns story, nor true

24、 to nature description of scenes. However, Lord of the flies is different. One the one side, it s not an abstract concept of vehicle. The theme of the fable is from the life experience of Golding, it s the refining, thinking, and explaining of the reality. And the characters are vivid, each of them

25、has the own personality and thought. Also it has substantial and logical story.To strengthen the theme of the novel, Golding used mutual and irony in the novel. As we know from the preamble, Lord of the flies is a book which imitate and oppose the book Coral island , therefore, Golding use the same

26、character names but changed there ending, in the bookCoral island , Jack wasa very good leader, Ralph had very strong viability, Piterkin was a funny boy who is a pig killer offered the foods. In the book Lord of the flies , Jack became a desire man, who could be a pig killer, then Piterkin, Golding

27、 changed in toNancy 6 piggy, his tragedy life is killed by the pig killer Jack.Lord of the flies and CoralIsland constitute a huge mutual and irony. Other than the huge mutual irony, there are lots of specific ironies in the book, in chapter one, there were some landscape description, from that we k

28、now the island as a stable ship, truism, our lives are always compared to sailing, so this stable, beautiful island is just like the home of people, this beautiful paradise change into a hade, this irony declare that some truth of human history. Also, those children danced the hunting dance, tried t

29、o use that to vanquish the beast, to this end, they gave full play to their animal disposition, beat Simon to death, even the sanest Ralph and Piggy. And is this allegory of human sense and group effort not so. Children were waiting for rescue from adult, is adult world really safe? The first adult

30、come to the island, that died pilot, made the first fear to those children, result the series of tragedies after. The second adult come to the island, that wardroom, arrived just like a god, stopped the slaughter on the island. Did the children really rescued? That beautiful cruiser gave us the answ

31、er: those poor children are just rescued from a original battlefield, there was a bigger havoc waiting for them in the adult world.The deconstruction of traditional theme, an adapt of a fable, the use of mutual and irony, apply the novel hade a greater aesthetic experience than book right away. Gold

32、ing s time didn t have the postmodernism literature, a new idea, a new culture was sprouting. A good writer can always walk aheadNancy 7 of the times; catch the slight modification of the world keenly.That wshy hegot the Nobel Prize for literature.英语谚语警句 100句精选Proverbs are the daughters of daily exp

33、erien谚ce语. 是日常经验的结晶。1. Look before you leap./Second thoughts are best. 三思而后行。 / 再想而后行。2. Great minds think alike; (heroes have similar views.) 英雄所见略同。3. We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲求完美无缺 的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。4. What you sow, you must mow. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。5. A beggar can ne

34、ver be bankrupt天. 无绝人之路。6. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。7. No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。8. No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨 ,怎么见彩虹。9. The more haste, the less speed. /Haste makes wast欲e.速则不达。10. Victory belongs to the most persevering. 坚持就是胜利！11. A young idler, an old beggar.少 壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。12

35、. Put one s foot in one 说s话 m不ou得th体. 。13. It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收 / 悔恨已晚 / 木已成舟 ,回天乏力。14. Content is better than riches. 知足常乐。15. No gains without pains. 没有辛苦就没有收获。16. The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.大 智若愚。17. All roads lead to Rome 条. 条大路通罗马。18. A snow y

36、ear, a rich year.瑞 雪兆丰年。19. Never say die! 永不言败！20. The best mirror is a friend朋友的s眼 ey睛e.是 最好的镜子。21. Faith will move mountain. 精诚所至，金石为开。22. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友， 犹如生活没有了太 阳。23. Great wits have short memories贵. 人多忘事。24. Do well and have well. 善有善报。25. A bad thing

37、never dies. 坏事传千年。26. Four eyes see more than two. 人多识广 /集思广益。27. Diligence is the parent of success.勤 劳是成功的根本。28. Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock awa滴y. 水穿石。29. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。30. While there is life, there is hope. /Debt is better than

38、death. 留得青山在，不怕 没柴烧。 / 有生命就有希望。31. Where there is a will, there is a way. 功夫不负有心人。 /有志者事竟成。32. Where there is great love, there are always miracles. 哪里有真爱存在，哪里就 有奇迹。33. Where there is smoke, there is fire. 无风不起浪。34. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy一. 个和尚挑水喝，两个 和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。3

39、5. A stitch in time saves nine. 及时缝一针能省九针。 / 小洞不补，大洞吃苦。36. Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 亡羊补牢，为时不晚。37. Don t claim to know what you don不要t k不n懂ow装. 懂。38. Do in Rome as Roman do.入 乡随俗。39. Rome was not built in a day. 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。40. Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutt

40、ing wood. 磨刀不误砍柴工。41. Things of a kind come together, people a mind fall into a group. 物以类聚 ,人以 群分。42. One man s meat is another man 萝s p卜o白iso菜n. ,各有所爱。43. like author like book.文如其人。46. Like for like. 惺惺相惜。47. Like teacher like pupil. 有其师必有其徒。48. Gods that run many hares kill none贪. 多必失。49. Practi

41、ce makes perfect. 熟能生巧。50. Actions speak louder than words. 行胜于言。51. You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼 与熊掌，不可兼得。52. One loses by pride and gains by modesty满. 招损 ,谦受益。53. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。54. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.每 日一苹果远离医生。55. Time past cannot be called back again.时 光不

42、倒流。56. A drop of water cannot make a sea, and a tree cannot make a wood. 滴水不成 海，独木不成林。57. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 不入虎穴 ,焉得虎子。58. The tree is known by its fruit. 观其行知其人。59. All work no play makes Jack a dull boy只. 会用功不玩耍 ,聪明的孩子也变傻。60. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。61.

43、Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person. 恶有恶报。62. Today s work should never be left over till tomorro今w.日 事今日毕。63. Nothing so bad but might have been worse. 塞翁失马 ,焉知非福。64. God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。65. Complacency is the enemy of study.学 习的敌人是自己的满足。66. A fox may grow gray, but never good江. 山易改，本性难移。67. A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。68. A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。69. A good bo