臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

論文內容提要:
本論文旨在以維多莉亞時代背景來研究珍瑞絲《夢迴藻海》中的象徵技巧，並討論當時女性承受殖民主義、帝國主義和男性霸權壓迫下之處境。珍瑞絲在閱讀完夏綠蒂布朗特的《簡愛》後，為書中之克里歐瘋婦深感不平，認為其背後應有段不為人知的秘密，牽絆著各主角之命運。同為克里歐人，珍瑞絲決定為瘋婦安東尼特發聲，予其述說自身故事的機會。在《夢迴藻海》中，珍瑞絲藉著象徵技巧之巧妙運用，刻劃主角們內心複雜的情緒，並將維多利亞時代之價值觀套於小說中，真實呈現當代社會風貌，及其帶給主角們之深切影響。
本論文共分五章。第一章為緒論，說明在賞析文學作品時，了解其中之象徵技巧，實為必要過程。在本章中，引用多位文學理論家、批評家及作家之觀點，藉以說明象徵意涵在文學作品中扮演重要角色；另外，也簡要介紹維多利亞時代特色，俾對小說環境背景之象徵作分類。第二章分析小說中主要自然環境之象徵意義，其中又分為動物象徵、植物象徵和風景象徵。珍瑞絲細膩描寫自然環境，並賦予特殊象徵意涵，來反映女性角色所受之殖民侵害，及冥冥中註定無法逃脫之命運。第三章著重於小說中人為環境之象徵意義，包含修道院、英國和西印度群島中之地名象徵。珍瑞絲藉此闡述維多利亞時代男性不斷向外壓迫女性的特質，作為殖民主義之延伸，並透露出當代男性受社會風氣影響之深遠。第四章探討時間背景之象徵意義。以維多利亞時代背景，研究當時社會之價值觀，及奴隸解放之後，對小說劇情所引發之效應；而女主角安東尼特遊走於黑夜與白晝，夢境和現實，其所經歷之遭遇，環環相扣，牽引著主角之情緒，並為結局留下諸多伏筆。第五章為結論。經由分析小說中自然環境、人為環境和時間背景之象徵意義，不但能更深入了解珍瑞絲所要表達給讀者的訊息，更能欣賞《夢迴藻海》精髓之所在。

Abstract
This thesis focuses on the use of the Victorian elements as symbols in Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea and discusses contemporary women’s suffering of colonialism, imperialism and men’s patriarchy. After reading Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece Jane Eyre, Rhys thinks there must be an unknown secret which entangles the main protagonists. Being also a Creole, Rhys thus decides to give a voice to the Creole lunatic in the story. In Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys applies extensive symbolic skills to the story and displays the complicated inner emotions of the protagonists. She also puts the Victorian values in use to portray the features of the contemporary society and its profound influence on the protagonists.
The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter One emphasizes the importance of realizing the symbolic skills when appreciating literary works. In this chapter, an overview of the theories of symbolism is presented. Through the concepts of various literary theorists, critical analysts and writers, we can readily understand the crucial role of symbolism. Moreover, the characteristics of the Victorian period and the classification of the settings in the novel are also mentioned in this chapter. The second chapter aims to examine the symbols of the natural settings, including animals, plants and landscape settings. Rhys exquisitely describes the natural settings and provides the readers with special symbolic meanings to reflect the colonial intrusion on the female protagonists and to express their doomed and unescapable destinies. In the third chapter, manufactured settings which comprise the convent, England and the names of the locations in the West Indies as symbols are explored. Rhys uses manufactured settings to expound the phenomenon of Victorian men’s oppression of women. The males were influenced greatly by the climate of society and by repressing the opposite sex, the men could extend their national belief—colonialism. Chapter Four discusses the symbolic meanings of time as settings. We take the Victorian Period as the background to make a study of people’s values and the effects of the Emancipation Act. Also, the female protagonist Antoinette walks between day and night, dream and reality and every incident she experiences makes her and other protagonists trapped in a loveless and miserable life. Therefore, Rhys has used several settings as symbols to foreshadow the ending of the story. The conclusion is made in the fifth chapter. Through the analysis of the symbolic meanings of the natural settings, manufactured settings and time as settings, we can not only understand the messages that Jean Rhys attempts to express but capture the essence of Wide Sargasso Sea more.

Table of Contents
Chapter One Introduction………………………………….1
A. An Overview of Theories of Symbolism………………………3
B. Introduction to the Victorian Age……………………………...8
C. The Setting..……………………………………………….….10
Chapter Two Natural Settings as Symbols……………….14
A. Animals as Symbols…………………………………………..15
B. Plants as Symbols..........………………………………………29
C. Landscapes as Symbols…...……….........…………………….33
Chapter Three Manufactured Settings as Symbols……...46
A. The Convent…………………………………………………..46
B. England………………………………………………………..49
C. Place Names of the West Indies………………….............……61
Chapter Four Time as symbols…………………….……...63
A. Victorian Period as a Symbol……...………………………….63
B. The Emancipation Act………….……………………………..75
C. Day and Night………………………………………….……...82
D. Dream and Reality…………………………………………….84
Chapter Five Conclusion……………………….………….87
Works Cited………………………………..…………………94

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