浅析《追风筝的人》中风筝的多重解读-开题报告

The kite runner is written by Khaled Husseini, an American Afghan. Under the turbulent and war-torn background of ancient Afghanistan, the characterized by the differences of social classes, the differences of religious and ethnic concepts, the good and evil of human nature, and the torture of the soul in the author's pen a little bit exposed. The emotional interaction and turbulent social changes awaken the desire of human nature to return to the eternal truth. As a very important fuse in the novel, kite leads the protagonist's emotional ups and downs and the twists and turns of the novel plot.

In recent years, aiming at the interpretation of "Kite" in the kite runner, many experts and scholars have made in-depth studies on the relationship between kite and character novels, the imagery of kite in the protagonist's different growth periods, and the theme of redemption

For example, the kite image analysis of the kite runner of Xiao Wenjuan and Fan Hua explores the role of kite image in the theme composition and characterization of the novel by interpreting artistic works. For Amir, kite is a symbol of bravery in his father's eyes and also the "key" to open his father's heart. However, it is also the epitome of his childhood tragedy and the most important thing After that, he returned to the hope of abandoning evil, promoting good and atoning for sins. Jefferess and David start the protagonist's redemption process from the perspective of ethical needs, highlighting the kite runner's world outlook beyond race and religion, and his exploration of human nature. Sun Qiongqiong Qiong interprets the kite image from the traditional customs of Afghan society to the national spirit, and finally returns to the analysis of salvation and human nature. Zhang Guangyun and Wang Zhilin analyzed the symbolic significance of kites for Amir, Hassan and even the whole Afghanistan from the perspective of emotion (family, friendship and love). Zhao Chunxia's an analysis of the symbolic art in the kite runner interprets the novel from the perspectives of the description of the kite itself, the color symbol of the kite and the symbol of the kite to fate. Interpretation of image metaphor in the novel Kite Runner by Wang Qin and Zhou Jieping, there are also some interpretations of the kite image metaphor, from the simple growth theme to the ideological theme with deeper humanistic connotation. Most scholars discuss it from the aspects of the protagonist Amir's betrayal and the growth of redemption. Lu Tuo's the growth of Amir: the kite runner from the perspective of Jung's archetypal theory analyzes Amir's growing track in three stages: moral loss in childhood, mature and sound thinking in middle age, self-realization and return to personality in detail and theoretically.

To sum up, experts and scholars at home and abroad have studied many kite interpretations in kite runner. Through various research results, readers can read and understand the essence of the novel more deeply, thus arousing readers to think more. However, most of the analysis is from a single point of view, without a more comprehensive elaboration, and few people interpret "Kite" from the perspective of kite chaser.

In the kite runner, Khaled Hosseini tells with an Afghan child's story of innocence, lost and return from the first person perspective. As a medium, kites carry multiple metaphors in different situations. It is an important fuse of the novel. Besides, the kite runner is a typical Bildungsroman. From the perspective of Bildungsroman, this paper interprets the kites pursued by the characters in different periods. It also analyzes the relationship between the "kites" pursued by the characters and the changes of human nature, and interprets and discusses the "kites" pursued by the characters in different periods from the perspective of "chasing". It tries to arouse the public's thinking and concern about the change of human nature. At the same time, this paper also attempts to arouse the sympathy of the society for the war-torn Afghanistan, and to have a deep understanding of the national culture.

B. Thesis proposal

1 Content summary of the kite runner 

2 Analysis of kites from the perspective of literature

3 The metaphor of "Kite" in kite competition 3.1 The Origin and History of Silk

3.1The "Kite" pursued by the Afghan nation 

3.2 The "Kite" pursued by Hassan

3.3 The "Kite" pursued by Amir

4 The symbolic meaning of kites in Amir's growing up

4.1 The Kite Amir pursued in his youth 

4.2 The kite Amir pursues in his forties

5 Conclusion

C. References

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