摘要

《无声告白》是伍绮诗耗时六年写成的处女作，文笔精妙，寓意深刻出版后收到了社会各界的好评。小说讲述了一个中美混血家庭的悲剧故事，以华裔女孩莉迪亚的“意外”死亡悲剧引出极端家庭教育、种族歧视和个人性格缺陷等诸多发人深省的问题，最终以此来警示读者：我们终此一生，就要摆脱他人的期待，找到真正的自己。象征主义的运用在小说中充分体现，因此，本文从象征主义视角， 通过对社会大环境、家庭生活环境以及莉迪亚个人性格原因三个大方面进行研究，从“湖水”、“烹饪书”和“铅笔”等具有象征意味的意象出发，全方位地探究了造成莉迪亚悲剧命运的原因。

关键词：《无声告白》 象征主义 莉迪亚 悲惨命运

Contents

摘要 i

Abstract ii

Chapter One Introduction 1

Chapter Two Introduction to Symbolism 4

2.1 Origin of symbolism 4

2.2 Role of symbolism 5

Chapter Three Analysis of Lydia's Tragic Fate in Everything I Never Told You from the Perspective of Symbolism 7

3.1 Social environment 7

3.1.1 Lake—racial tension 7

3.1.2 Others' words and deeds—identity crisis 8

3.1.3 Appearance—lack of cultural fusion 9

3.2 Family environment 10

3.2.1 Cookbook—lack of feminist consciousness 10

3.2.2 Pencil—the inversion of cultural identities 11

3.2.3 Three-legged race—family's fetter 11

3.3 Personality reasons 12

3.3.1 Delineated neckline skirt—filial piety 13

3.3.2 Inner monologue—dependent personality 13

3.3.3 Drifting boat—an unmanageable fate 14

Chapter Four Conclusion 16

REFERENCES 17

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS 18