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1、硕士学位论文M.D. ThesisWondering While Wandering-An Interpretation of Cultural Metaphors in The Big Sea彷徨与寻求大海的文化隐喻阐释Li Jun李军Contents独创性声明 . iAbstract . ii摘要 . ivChapter One Introduction. 11.1 Brief Introduction to Langston Hughes and His Works . 11.2 Introduction to The Big Sea . 41.3 The Purpose and Sig
2、nificance of the Thesis . 5Chapter Two Literature Review . 72.1 Studies Abroad . 72.2 Studies at Home . 8Chapter Three Theoretical Framework .113.1Introduction to Metaphor .113.2 Cultural Metaphor . 13Chapter Four Interpretation of Cultural Metaphor in The Big Sea . 164.1 The Fiction Title as Cultur
3、al Metaphors . 164.1.1 The Metaphor of the Life . 184.1.2 The Metaphor of the Multi-cultures . 194.1.3The Metaphor of the Humans Ideal . 204.2 Plot as Cultural Metaphors. 204.2.1 “Malone ” as Metaphor of a Miniature of Society . 214.2.2 The journey to AfricaThe Pursuit for the Ideal . 224.2.3 The Re
4、flection on the Culture . 224.3 Places as Cultural Metaphor . 254.3.1 AfricaThe Sign of Historical Memory . 254.3.2 “Harlem”A Miniature of the Black Culture . 284.4 Characters as Cultural Metaphor. 314.4.1 FatherAs a Metaphor of Double-culture Identity /The Self-negative of Their Identity . 314.4.2
5、MotherAs a Common Negro in America . 334.4.3 The author himselfBrown Skin as the Negative Sign of Identity. . 34Chapter Five Conclusion . 41Bibliography .45Acknowledgements . 46AbstractThe present dissertation makes a comprehensive study of the relationship between metaphor andculture on the basis of the textual analysis. In the light of cultural metaphor criticism, it is expected toanalyze the cultural metaphor in Langston Hughess autobiographical novel The Big Sea. Humancivilization has always been struggling in the
