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1、婚礼备程序及细节大全writer, which in modern criticism we generally call themeI. What Is Theme? One of the safest comments to make about novels is on the theme. Everyone is entitled to extract a theme based upon his understanding of the novel. Theme may be the most democratic elements in literature, because it
2、s definition is the least restrictive. The theme of a novel is its controlling idea or its central insight. Being an idea or an insight, the theme should be abstract and it should generalize about life. Labeled as controlling or central, the theme should be capable of unifying the whole novel. So th
3、e theme of a story, then, is whatever general idea or insight the entire story reveals. II. Clarification about Theme Common as it is, theme suffers some misunderstandings. One misconception about theme is that each novel has a theme or themes, or theme is important to all novels. In fact, some nove
4、ls, interesting ones though, do not provide any insight into life. For example, man novels of ratiocination and novels of horror. These novels are aimed at entertaining the reader, not at improving his understanding of life. They may sometimes touch upon the human nature or social problems, but thes
5、e issues are only used to push the plot forward and they are not mentioned for their own value. Theme exists only in the novel that seriously attempts to reflect life faithfully or intends to reveal truth about life, or in the novels that are based on ideas or theories of life. (for example, novels
6、of ideas). Another misconception about theme is that the theme is largely what the novel is. Some people discard the novel when they thin that they have got the theme. It should be made clear that the novel is not written to convey an idea but to convey an idea artistically. The novel is a worof art
7、 whereas the theme is only an abstract idea. An analogy from daily life may help clarify this question. People all need vitamins and get them from various inds of vegetables and fruits. Only those with deficiency of one kind or another have to tae vitamin pills to get the required amount. The differ
8、ence between the theme and the novel is much like that between the vitamins and the vegetables. The reader sometimes finds that the theme of a novel is similar to or even the same as what he has already known about life and that he is still fascinated by the novel. Theme appeals solely to the intell
9、ectual level of reading while the novel as a whole mainly appeals to the emotional level. Another pitfall concerning the theme is to confuse a theme with moral or lesson. Usually, a moral or a lesson is the advice stated or implied in a parable or fable. It is something of a rule by which one can re
10、gulate his behavior. For example, Be kind to your neighbors, or Honesty is the best policy. But a theme is more complicated than this as a novel is to enhance ones awareness of life rather than simply to tell him how to behave. A novel is a complicated matter and different readers may have different
11、 interpretations of the same novel, so it is incorrect to presume that one novel has only one theme. In some cases, there are several subthemes to the main theme. In reality, some novels are appreciated for their thematic ambiguity. For example, Moby Dick can be interpreted in more ways than one. Fi
12、nally, the theme is not to be confused with the subject. The theme is an idea while the subject is a matter or an affair. Love is invinciblemay be a theme, but love is only a subject. A subject may be universal. The subjects of The Scarlet Letterhe Great Gatsby and Women in Love are all love. But th
13、ese novels have different themes. A theme is particular to its novel, though there are man similar themes to be found in other novels. III. Five Requirements for Stating a Theme The statement of a theme may be brief or long. And there are different ways to express one and the same theme. But it shou
14、ld meet the following requirements. A theme must be expressed in the form of a statement with a subject and a predicate. For example, Love of ones country often inspires heroic self-sacrifice. If a theme is expressed in the form of a phrase, then the phrase must be convertible to sentence form. One
15、can say that the theme of a novel is futility of envy. The phrase can be changed to envy is futile. When one chooses to state a theme in the phrase form, he must be very careful about its convertibility to sentence form. For instance ,the phrase selfless maternal love does not always mean that mater
16、nal love is selfless.The theme is generalization about life based on the novel, and the statement of theme should be true also of other people or life situations. Therefore, names of characters and places should not be mentioned, for they suggest specific things and invite limitations. So in themati
17、c discussion of Wuthering Heights, one may mention peoples psychology of revenge, but not HeathcliffThough a theme is a generalization, over-generalization should be avoided. Since a theme is extracted from a particular novel (a particular event), it may not be applicable to all situations. So words
18、 like alwaynever,all, and every should be avoided. Instead, one should use words like some,“sometimes and may.When making a generalization, one should strictlyeep to what is actually in the novel and not smuggle into it assumptions supplied from his past experience. Since theme is the central and un
19、ifying idea of the novel, it must account for all the major details and must not be contradicted by an details in the novel. Since a theme is different from a moral or a lesson, one should avoid reducing a theme to a clich or platitude like Beauty is only skin-deep. If one crams every new experience
20、 into an old formula, he loses the opportunity of new perception provided by reading novels. IV. Where to Loo for the Theme The novelist may state or imply the theme. He uses every possible method to convey the theme. Though the theme is based upon the whole novel, practically, we can specify some i
21、mportant areas in which to loo for the theme. How the novel is entitled. The title is the name of the novel and in many cases (almost all cases) the novelist intends it to tell something important about the novel. Sometimes the central theme of the novel is present in the title. For example, Pride a
22、nd Prejudice is about Darcys pride and Elizabeth Bennets prejudice. Main Stree is about the life of middle-class people in a Midwestern town. Thin what the title ofFor Whom the Bell Tollstells about its theme, and As I lay DyingHow the novelist shows his interest. If the novelist is interested in so
23、mething, he would allow more space to it, describing or narrating in great detail. Yet, sometimes he emphasizes it by leaving it out, as in the case of Ernest Hemingway. The point concerned here is that why the novelist gives more attention to this particular character, since or event but not others
24、. How the novelist deals with a common subject. Often the novelist has to include in his wor some common subjects, but if he treats the common subjects in an uncommon way, it shows that he is trying to convey something new or important in the novel. Maybe it is the theme that demands him to do so. I
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