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Study On The Symbolic Meaning Of Animals In The Fable Of Krylov

Posted on:2019-04-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y M ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330623466330Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Fables commonly used in metonymy,personification and exaggeration and other creative techniques,and strive to in the plot of the story of highly concise interpretation of the meaning of educational discipline or profound truth.Fable,as an important literary genre,is often a satirical or exhortation nature,usually a short story containing moral education or warning wisdom,presenting with concise and interesting stories,often implying the author's observation and experience of life.Creators often take people or animals and plants as the protagonist,give their personality and emotions,and then borrow the story of the virtual hypothesis to explain a life reason or give the world a lesson.Language carries culture and culture acts on language.National language is an important part of national culture,and it also reflects the other content of national culture.The representative national fable is "a kind of typical national language which contains profound meaning",its content implies the cultural characteristic and cultural connotation of this nationality.As an important part of the Russian national literature,Krylov fable contains the rich cultural details of the Russian nation,and shows the history of Russian civilization.Krylov's animal fables are based on the Russian nation's production and life,in the form of literary works,and closely related to the real life,reflecting the wisdom of the Russian nation and has a certain educational significance.The research of this paper,the author mainly aims at "the Krylov fable" in the animal as the protagonist and the animal in the fable although not the protagonist,but as an image represents a certain kind of person or borrows some kind of animal behavior analogy certain social phenomenon,thus clarifies a profound truth this kind of fable story launches the analysis and the discussion,To analyze the symbolic meaning of animals in Russian Krylov fable by using the method of literature collection,collation and inductive analysis.Firstly,the animal fables in Krylov fable are classified according to the animal species,and then the analysis and exploration of the symbolic meaning of the animals are selected,and then the reasons of the symbolic meanings and the cultural connotations reflected in them are analyzed from the material culture factors,Social and cultural factors and psychological and cultural factors such as attribution analysis.Through the above summary analysis,can be found: first of all,the Russian climate is cold,forest-covered natural environment,preference for sweets and meat and egg milk food diet and animal husbandry and farming-oriented economic production mode,the impact of the Russian people as the most important agricultural tools and transportation,the formation of the bees,Chicken and dogs and other animals love and attach importance to the emotional attitude,and then gave the horse hard work,the bees down-to-earth hard-working,reliable dog,and other positive symbolic significance;The history of Russian war-oriented misery in the Czar period,the feudal political system of autocratic monarchy and the long existence of the system of serfdom have made the Russians tortured and oppressed,and created the vicious,cunning and bullying of the "rulers" in the Krylov fable,such as wolves,foxes and lions,as well as "disadvantaged groups" such as sheep,chickens and nightingale.A rich symbolic meaning of weakness;Finally,the religious beliefs of the Orthodox Church,combined with the ancient Russian polytheism and traditional Christianity,the Russian nation's totem worship of bears and the myths and legends of animals such as bears make bears in their psychological cognition the "ancestors","Heroes" and "Masters" representing courage and power,while bees,horses,Dogs and other animals are "hard worker" and "loyalty model" image,these symbolic meaning also reflects the Russian nation brave,simple,hard-working and loyal national spirit and national character.
Keywords/Search Tags:Krylov Fable, Animal, Symbolic Meaning
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