《白鲸》的象征和宗教意义研究

《白鲸》的象征和宗教意义研究----英美文学论文-->I. Introduction 引言 1.1 Melville’s Life Story 梅尔维尔的生活故事 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔1819年出生在纽约

---- 《白鲸》的象征和宗教意义研究英美文 学论文 -->I.Introduction 引言 1.1MelvillesLifeStory ’梅尔维尔的生活故事 1819 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔年出生在纽约市，八个孩子中第三个出生， 在玛丽亚甘西沃特和梅尔维尔之后，国外商品的进口商。家族企业 1920 在世纪年代末衰败，从梅尔维尔迁往奥尔巴尼并试图恢复他 们的命运。一连串的霉运和劳累过度，使他的父亲早逝，而年轻的 梅尔维尔被迫开始在十三岁时在银行工作。 HermanMelvilleporterofforeigngoods.elvillerelocatedtoAlbanyin anattempttorevivetheirfortunes.Astringoffurtherbadluckand overoreyearsofformaleducation,Melvilleleftschoolateighteentobee anelementaryschoolteacher.Thiscareeradehisfirstseavoyageatnieen, asamerchantsailoronashipboundforLiverpool,England.Hereturned toAmericathenextsummertoseekhisfortuneinthearquesasIslands, edeseparatedfromhispanionandspentamonthaloneinthepanyofthe natives. Lifeamongthesenativesandnumerousotherexoticexperiencesabroad providedMelvilleedinousknoconstantreadingonomaniaaboarda entaryoflifeatseaandavastphilosophicalallegoryoflifeingeneral. Nosacredsubjectissparedinthisbleakandscathingcritiqueofthe knooralvalues,andtheliteraryandpoliticalfiguresoftheday. MelvilleobyDickbytheworkofNathanielHawthorne,authorofTh -->eScarletLetter,hefinallymetin1850andtohededicatedMoby Dick.MelvillehdlongadmiredHaness,andheassociatedHaerican literature.Thoughtheent)influencedMobyDick,Melvilledidntlook ’ exclusivelytocelebratedculturalmodels.Hedrepopularcultureasple, elypopularinthenieenthcentury.Inparticular,Melvillereliedon ThomasBealesencyclopedicNaturalHistoryoftheSpermobyDick ’ remainedlargelyignoreduntilthe1920s,otedbyliteraryhistorians interestedinconstructinganAmericanliterarytradition.Tothesecritics, MobyDickinalericanthemes,suchasreligion,fate,andeconomic expansion,andaradicallyexperimentalanachronismthatanticipated Modernisminitsoutsizedscopeandpasticheofforms.Asanovelthat appearsbizarretothepointofbeingunreadablebutprovestobeinfinitely opentointerpretationanddiscovery.