HermanMelville麦尔维尔.ppt

Herman Melville 麦尔维尔
Life and works
New York---dropped out of school at 15---sea adventures (cannibals)
Began writing upon returning to America
Typee <泰皮> Omoo <欧穆>
Mardi <玛地> Redburen <雷得本>
White Jacket <白外衣>
Moby Dick Billy Budd
II. Reading --- Moby Dick
Main Characters and the story
Ishmael --- narrator (schoolmaster)
Queequeg --- harpooner
Pequod --- a whaling ship
Ahab --- captain
Starbuck, Stubb, Flask ---- mates
Fedallah --- seer, prophesier
2. Theme
a Shakespearean tragedy
Melville’s bleak view of the world
alienation and quest
3. Characterization
Ahab--- a tragic hero
Ishmael
4. Symbolism
the white whale
Pequod
C. Ahab
D. Ishmael
E. the color of white
III. Style
consciously literary(allusions to classical myths, sailor talk, old style)
highly symbolic and metaphorical
3. non-narrative chapters
4. multiple views (ambiguity)