从存在主义视角解读《蒂凡尼的早餐》
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【摘要】：《蒂凡尼的早餐》是美国文学史上著名的南方文学作家杜鲁门·卡波特的作品。小说面市后,极受读者欢迎并多次再版,入选《时代周刊》“百部最佳英文小说”。小说的主人公霍莉·戈莱特利是一个生活在纽约的交际花,她的生活中充满了新奇和渴望,形形色色的男人围绕着她,而她则巧妙周旋,游刃有余。这部小说为卡波特带来了空前的名声,同时也成为他写作生涯的转折点。 《蒂凡尼的早餐》创作于1958年。虽然没有任何证据表明卡波特在创作这部小说的时候受到了存在主义的影响,但是本文认为小说中体现的人生主题与流行于20世纪40年代到60年代的存在主义十分吻合,卡波特对霍莉的描写与存在主义代表人物萨特的存在主义观点也不谋而合,因而本文试图从存在主义角度解读《蒂凡尼的早餐》,从而使人们对这部作品有一个新的认识。 本文共分四部分。第一部分主要介绍卡波特生平及《蒂凡尼的早餐》的创作背景。第二部分阐述了本文的理论框架,并介绍了存在主义及其代表人物萨特。对萨特存在主义的一些基本概念如“存在先于本质”等进行了简要说明。第三部分是论文的主体部分,对应存在主义基本概念,从三个方面对这部作品做了存在主义解读。小说主人公霍莉通过三次重要选择确定了自己从农村到城市,从普通女孩到社交女郎,最后再次忘却过去,远赴南美的人生轨迹。在这三次自由选择中,她承担了选择的责任,证实了自我的本质。在她追求自由的过程中,霍莉也经历了焦虑、异化、痛苦、自欺这些心理困惑。她与他人的关系也可以归纳为欲望、冷漠、憎恨与爱情。第四部分得出结论：小说《蒂凡尼的早餐》具有强烈的存在主义特征,对该小说的存在主义解读能让读者对该小说有一个新的认识。 《蒂凡尼的早餐》不仅仅是一部畅销的小说,更是一部关注人生存状态、精神状态的作品。尽管小说诞生于20世纪50年代,但是小说中主人公的生存状态与心理困惑与当代人有着诸多相似。通过对《蒂凡尼的早餐》的存在主义解读,能帮助读者更好地了解小说体现的存在主义特征及内涵。
[Abstract]:Breakfast of Tiffany is the work of Truman Capote, a famous southern literary writer in the history of American literature. After its launch, the novel was popular with readers and republished many times, and was selected as time magazine's 100 Best English novels. Holly Goletley, the protagonist of the novel, is a New York socialite. Her life is full of novelty and desire. The novel brought unprecedented fame to Capote and also marked a turning point in his writing career. Breakfast of Tiffany was written in 1958. Although there is no evidence that Capote was influenced by existentialism in the writing of the novel, this paper argues that the theme of life embodied in the novel is very consistent with the existentialism popular in the 1940s and 1960s. Capote's description of Holly coincides with that of Sartre, the representative of existentialism, so this paper attempts to interpret Breakfast of Tiffany from the perspective of existentialism, so that people can have a new understanding of the novel. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part introduces Capote's life and the background of Breakfast in Tiffany. The second part expounds the theoretical framework of this paper and introduces existentialism and its representative character Sartre. Some basic concepts of Sartre existentialism such as "being before essence" are briefly explained. The third part is the main part of the paper, corresponding to the basic concept of existentialism, from three aspects of the works of Existentialism interpretation. Holly, the protagonist of the novel, determines her life course from rural to urban, from ordinary girl to sociable girl, and finally forgets the past and goes to South America again through three important choices. In these three free choices, she assumed the responsibility of choice and confirmed the essence of self. In her pursuit of freedom, Holly also experienced anxiety, alienation, pain, self-deception these psychological confusion. Her relationship with others can also be summed up as desire, indifference, hatred and love. The fourth part concludes that the novel Breakfast of Tiffany has a strong existentialist characteristic. The existentialist interpretation of the novel can make readers have a new understanding of the novel. Breakfast of Tiffany is not only a best-selling novel, but also a work that pays attention to the state of human existence and the state of mind. Although the novel was born in the 1950s, the protagonist's living state and psychological confusion are similar to those of contemporary people. By analyzing the existentialism in Breakfast of Tiffany, we can help readers better understand the existentialism characteristic and connotation of the novel.
【学位授予单位】：东北林业大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2012
【分类号】：I712.074
本文编号：2213953
[Abstract]:Breakfast of Tiffany is the work of Truman Capote, a famous southern literary writer in the history of American literature. After its launch, the novel was popular with readers and republished many times, and was selected as time magazine's 100 Best English novels. Holly Goletley, the protagonist of the novel, is a New York socialite. Her life is full of novelty and desire. The novel brought unprecedented fame to Capote and also marked a turning point in his writing career. Breakfast of Tiffany was written in 1958. Although there is no evidence that Capote was influenced by existentialism in the writing of the novel, this paper argues that the theme of life embodied in the novel is very consistent with the existentialism popular in the 1940s and 1960s. Capote's description of Holly coincides with that of Sartre, the representative of existentialism, so this paper attempts to interpret Breakfast of Tiffany from the perspective of existentialism, so that people can have a new understanding of the novel. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part introduces Capote's life and the background of Breakfast in Tiffany. The second part expounds the theoretical framework of this paper and introduces existentialism and its representative character Sartre. Some basic concepts of Sartre existentialism such as "being before essence" are briefly explained. The third part is the main part of the paper, corresponding to the basic concept of existentialism, from three aspects of the works of Existentialism interpretation. Holly, the protagonist of the novel, determines her life course from rural to urban, from ordinary girl to sociable girl, and finally forgets the past and goes to South America again through three important choices. In these three free choices, she assumed the responsibility of choice and confirmed the essence of self. In her pursuit of freedom, Holly also experienced anxiety, alienation, pain, self-deception these psychological confusion. Her relationship with others can also be summed up as desire, indifference, hatred and love. The fourth part concludes that the novel Breakfast of Tiffany has a strong existentialist characteristic. The existentialist interpretation of the novel can make readers have a new understanding of the novel. Breakfast of Tiffany is not only a best-selling novel, but also a work that pays attention to the state of human existence and the state of mind. Although the novel was born in the 1950s, the protagonist's living state and psychological confusion are similar to those of contemporary people. By analyzing the existentialism in Breakfast of Tiffany, we can help readers better understand the existentialism characteristic and connotation of the novel.
【学位授予单位】：东北林业大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2012
【分类号】：I712.074
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