摘要

《爱丽斯梦游仙境》这部童话小说行文不拘一格，充满了离奇的童真幻想。但是透过这些荒诞的想象、幽默的文字，我们却能发现小说中的象征意义和对现实社会的描写。本文试从对《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中的角色人物，情节线索，以及它们的象征三个方面的分析，揭示出文本中”成长”这一隐含主题，以及这本童话和其隐含主题对后世文学和当代文化的影响，体会这本童话小说带来独特与奇幻的“成长”旅程。

关键词：《爱丽丝梦游仙境》；隐含主题；”成长”

Abstract

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland can seem to be fanciful nonsense and full of the imagination only fit for children. However this nonsense imagination and humors language veil the symbolism, and the descriptions of the realistic society. This paper tends to reveal the underlying theme ---- growth of this book by analyzing the main characters, the plots and the symbolisms behind them, and to find the influence of this fairy tale and its underlying theme on today’s English literature. Experience the unique and fantastic journey of growth.  

Key Words：Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland；underlying theme；growth

1. Introduction

Charles Dodgson was born in 1832, in England. He studied at Christ Church College, Oxford. He would spend the rest of his life there as the main lecturer in one of his loves in life, mathematics. He took deacon’s orders in 1861; at the time, this was a requirement of all Oxford lecturers (Morton N. Cohen, 1995: P4). Dodgson loved children, although he never married or had any of his own. Kids were indeed often the subjects of his stories. One of his favorites was Alice Liddell, the daughter of Henry George Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church. On many occasions he took her and her elder sister out in a rowing boat and on other excursions. He would tell them stories about another young girl called Alice and her adventures underground (Susina Jan, 2009: P45). The nonsensical imagination and creativity involved in the stories were so fantastic; he began to write them down. In 1865, the story was published under what was to be his constant pen name, Lewis Carroll, as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book became a success almost immediately.