摘 要

亨利·詹姆斯是19世纪现实主义文学和心理现实小说的代表人物之一，其代表作有《一位女士的画像》等。然而因其文风晦涩难懂，对其作品的研究数量不算太多。并且现有的研究大多只关注他的几部代表作，以及贯穿他所有作品中的最典型的写作特点、主题，或一些文学理论在他的作品当中的运用，研究内容主要有亨利·詹姆斯作品中的欧美文化冲突、小说中人物的心理活动解读、女性主义或结构主义等在其作品中的体现等。本文将着重讨论亨利·詹姆斯在小说《赝品》中使用的暗指的写作手法，探讨作者通过含蓄委婉的方式表达和影射的隐含内容，第一章介绍了作者的相关信息和《赝品》的主要内容并对现有的研究进行了综述。第二、三、四章通过分析小说中的人物对话、旁白叙述等，分别阐述对比、暗示、反复手法在文中的应用，具体分析作者通过这些手法影射的关于人物性格、人物关系和情节的内容。结论部分对全文内容进行了总结并指出了本文的不足。本文旨在帮助读者透过繁杂的语言现象更好地理解亨利·詹姆斯的作品，引起更多学者关注詹姆斯的其他作品，尤其是一些不出名的作品中独特的写作手法。

关键词：亨利·詹姆斯；《赝品》 ；暗指；对比；暗示；重复

Abstract

Henry James, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism and psychological realism, wrote many prestigious novels like The Portrait of a Lady. However, since his works are often too obscure to be fully understood, the researches about his literary works are not so many. Among which, most present researches tend to cast more interest on his most representative works and mainly focus on the most typical features and general themes permeating in all his works or penetrate the practical use of some literary theories manifested in his masterpieces. Those studies often cover the topics such as the cultural conflicts between America and Europe, the psychological activities of characters, female subjects and theory of structuralism in Henry James’s works. However, this paper will focus on Paste to study the technique of innuendo Henry James used in this novel, by exploring the hidden content the writer wants to convey or epitomize via implicit expressions. The first chapter introduces the author and his work Paste and reviews the present literature. The chapter two to four will respectively analyze the use of contrast, hint and repetition in innuendoing characters’ personalities, character relations and plots in the story, through the elaborate textual analysis of characters’ dialogues and the narration part. The last chapter summarizes the paper and points out the limitations of this paper. The purpose of this paper is to enhance better understanding of the implied meanings of James’s novels and arouse the awareness of further researches on James’s more works, especially some distinct writing methods used in his many not-so-famous novels.

Key Words: Henry James; Paste; innuendo; contrast; hint; repetition

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 The writer and his works 1

1.2 Literature review 2

1.3 Structure of the paper 4

2 Contrast in Innuendoing Personalities of Main Characters 5

2.1 Arthur’s indifference, venality and hypocrisy 5

2.2 Charlotte’s sentimentality, innocence and honesty 7

3 Hint in Innuendoing Character Relations 9

3.1 The unhappy marital relations between Mrs. Prime and Mr. Prime 9

3.2 The immoral love affair between Mrs. Prime and another man 11

4 Repetition in Innuendoing Plots 13

4.1 Mrs. Guy’s unscrupulousness in gaining the necklace 13

4.2 Arthur’s shady deal to sell the necklace 14

5 Conclusion 16