论乔治奥威尔《动物庄园》的象征主义

论乔治奥威尔《动物庄园》的象征主义

邯郸学院本科毕业论文题目论乔治·奥威尔《动物庄园》的象征主义

On the Symbolism in George Orwell ′s

Animal Farm

By

Li Yuan

Supervisor: Associate Professor Xue Mei

A Thesis Submitted to School of Foreign Languages

Of Handan College in Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirement for the Degree

Of Bachelor of Arts

Handan, China

May, 2012

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Acknowledgements

I am glad to express my gratitude. First of all, I would like to extend my most sincere gratitude to my teacher Xue Mei, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. In this period she has given me much advices and useful suggestions on my thesis. I thank her for generously sharing her knowledge and time, for being patient with my questions.

The research in this article would not have been possible without her help. I am also thankful to other professors, who have taught me and enlightened me with their instructive lectures.

What’s more, I am also thankful to my classmates, especially my roommates who have offered much help. And they have provided me with reference materials of great value.

Last my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I am grateful to my parents for their unfailing understand and considerate care.

Abstract

The famous novel Animal Farm is one of the works written by George Orwell. This novel is his masterpiece and published in England in 1945. Time magazine regards the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels.

The various usage of symbolism in Animal Farm makes the novel as a famous work of the world. This thesis intends to analyze the symbolism in this novel. It is mainly divided into three parts. Chapter One mainly analyzes the author’s use of symbolism in the different characters. The animals of the main characters represent different people according to the story. Chapter Two focuses on the symbolism of the scenes. The farmhouse and the Sugar Candy Mountain have various meanings in different time. Chapter Three discusses the symbolic significances of the slogans and the windmill. Its symbolic meaning changes in different time. And the project of Windmill has a large proportion in this novel.

As an allegorical novel, Animal Farm satires the Russian Revolution. By using symbolism, the author portrays us a utopian state created by some animals. At the end of the thesis, a conclusion can be drawn that the employment of symbolism helps to deepen the theme.