Moby Dick大白鲸英文简介

HermanMelville1234HermanMelvilleNameEducationBirthCareerNationalityNameCareerBrithEducationNationalityHermanMelvilleAugust1,1819AmericanLansingburgh,NewYorknovelist,poetandessayistNameCareerBrithEducationNationalityInAugust1847MelvillemarriedElizabethShaw.HemovedwithhiswifetoafarmnearPittsfield.InPittsfieldMelvillebecameacquaintedwithAmericanwriterNathanielHawthorne.In1839hedecidedtobecomeaseaman,firstsignedontoamerchantshipthatwasgoingfromBostontoEnglandIn1826Melvillecontractedscarletfever(猩红热),permanentlyweakeninghiseyesight.Whenhewas12,hisfatherdied.Hisfamilywaspoor，timeswerehard,andhehadtogiveupgoingtoschooltoearnmoney.In1841hesignedonforalongwhalingcruise(捕鲸巡航)totheSouthSeas.Finally,Melvillesignedasaseamanonanavalvesselandreturnedhomein1844.NotlongafterhisreturntotheUnitedStates,MelvillebegantowritethestoryofhisadventuresintheSouthSeas.MelvillediedonSeptember28,1891,atage72.cardiacdilation心脏扩张WoodlawnCemeteryThreeimportantthingsinMelville’slife•Goingouttosea•Hismarriage•HisfriendshipwithHawthorne♦Typee«泰皮»(1846)♦Omoo«欧穆»(1847)♦Mardi«玛地»(1849)writteabouthisadventureswhenhewasaseaman♦Bedburn«雷得本»(1849)♦WhiteJacket«白外衣»(1850)♦Pierre«皮埃尔»（1852）♦BillyBudd《比利•巴德》♦Clarel《克拉莱尔》（1876）(apoem)(asignthathehadresolvedhisquarrelwithGod)Majorworks♦HermanMelvillewasthecelebratedauthorofseveralbig19th-centurynovelsaboutthesea.♦MobyDickisathrillingadventurestory,theworld’sgreatestseanovel.AchievementWritingStyle•Thinking•Bible•Symbolism1Character2Story3Theme4writingstyleMobyDickIshmaelcharacterintroductionAhabMobyDickIshmaelIshmael,theonlysurvivingcrewmemberofthePequod裴廓得号,isthenarratorofthebook.Ishmael1.ThecaptainofPequod,40yearsagohelostoneofhislegsinacatchingofMobyDick.2.HewantedtotakerevengeonMobyDick.CaptainAhabQueequegisthesonofthechiefofhistribe.Sinceleavingtheisland,hehasbecomeextremelyskilledwiththeharpoon(鱼叉)andbecomeoneofthesailoroftheship.MobyDickisnotacharacter,asthereaderhasnoaccesstothewhitewhale’sthoughts,feelings,orintentions.Instead,mobydickisanimpersonalforce,onethatmanycriticshaveinterpretedasaGodofnature,andall-powerfulbeing.awhaleboat.Thesecondday,anotherboatisswamped,thecaptain’sivorylegissnappedoff.Whenthethirddaycomes,Ahabandhisteammanagetoharpoon(鱼叉)thewhale,butitcarriesthethePequodwithittoitsdoom.AllonboardgetdrownedexpectIshmael,whoisrescuedbyanotherwhalerandsurvivestotellthestory.determinedtopursueMobyDickandkillit.Hehangsadoubloon（古西班牙金币）onthemastasarewardforanyonewhosightsthewhitewhalefirst.Eventuallythewhitewhaleappears,andthePequodbeginsitsdoomedfightagainstit.OnthefirstdaythewhalesmashesAhab,isatall,broadmanseeminglymadeofbronze（青铜）.Hehasawhiteleg,madefromthejawofaspermwhale（抹香鲸的下巴）,becausehisownlegistornawaybyMobyDick—ahugewhitewhale.AfterloosinghislegheisHermanMelvilleMobyDickI.Searchfortruth:thestorydealswiththehumanpursuitoftruthandthemeaningofexitence.Ahab：Howcantheprisonerreachoutside,exceptbythrustingthroughthewall?Tome,thewhitewhaleisthatwall.ConflictbetweenManandNature.Alienation疏远：manandmanmanandsocietymanandnaturesymbolicandmetaphorical.(象征和隐喻)AhabMobyDickTheendingtheeffectofambiguity[æmbɪ'gjuːɪtɪ]（模棱两可，不确定）SpiritsofAmericanDevilChangeablepowerofnatureGodofnaturesymbolicandmetaphorical.(象征和隐喻)AhabMobyDickTheendingtheeffectofambiguity[æmbɪ'gjuːɪtɪ]（模棱两可，不确定）Ishmael:fromtheBible,thenamehascometosymbolizeorphans,exiles,andsocialoutcasts.撒拉夏甲亚伯拉罕Ishmael以撒侍女兄弟儿子Ahab–fromtheOldTestament,whowasawickedking,theevilidol-worshipingruler.Pequod–theshipisnamedforanextinctIndiantribeinConnecticut康涅狄格州,American;thusthenamesuggeststhattheboatisdoomedtodestruction.•WilliamFaulknerTheBear•Hemingwaytheoldandthesea•MelvilleMobyDickArecalled“ThreeanimalepicoftheAmericanliteraturehistory”Spermwhale抹香鲸Leviathanmelvillei麦尔维尔鲸国内麦尔维尔研究30年成就、问题与展望AReviewofMelvilleStudiesinChinaintheLastThreeDecades《白鲸》的宗教意义透视《白鲸》中对人与自然关系的阐述及其现代价值探析从《白鲸》看麦尔维尔的自然观《白鲸》中多重伦理关系的现代阐释