浅析斯坦贝克《人鼠之间》的连锁隐喻

《人鼠之间》是约翰·斯坦贝克的一部中篇力作。小说中一连串密切关联的隐喻对于主题的深化起到了举足轻重的作用。本文主要对作品标题、人物莱尼、死老鼠、老狗等几个关键性的隐喻进行探讨。

Metaphors in Of Mice and Men

Mice and Men is one of the most important short novels of American writer John Steinbeck. In the novel, a series of closely related metaphors play very important role in highlighting the theme. This paper attempts to probe into some important metaphors of the novel such as the title, the character Lennie, the dead mouse and the old useless dog. etc.