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1、TheBible'sInfluenceonEnglish-AmericanLiteratureAbstract AsthesutraoftheChristianity,theBiblehasagreatinfluenceonbothEnglishandAmericanliteratureandoffersaneternalthemeoftheirliterarycreation.EnglishandAmericanwritersusestoriesoftheBiblebythreemainmethod

2、s.First,theyquoteperson'snamesorstoriesoftheBibleasthecharacters'namesorplotsofthecreationsfromtheBibledirectly.Sometimestheymakesomechangesontheoriginalstories.SometimestheyquotestoriesdirectlyfromtheBibleasthewritingmaterials.Second,theymakeuseofsymbo

3、licmeaningoftheBiblebysometechnicalsuchassimile,metaphorandsymbolism,sothatthestoriescouldexertagreatinfluenceoncontrastingwiththenewproducts.Third,theymergetheplotsoftheBibletogiveconnotativeeffortstothereaders. Exploringthemethodshelpsusknowthewestern

4、cultureandconsciousness,haveagoodappreciationandstudyfortheEnglish-Americanliterature.keywords:English-Americanliterature;theBible;methods《圣经》在英美文学作品中的影响摘要作为基督教的经典，《圣经》对英美文化影响深远，为英美文化创作提供了永恒的母题。英美作家化用《圣经》故事的主要方法有：直接引用《圣经》中的人名作为作品的人物名称，或直接引用《圣经》故事或对原型故事进

5、行变形或处理，作为创作素材；通过比喻，隐喻或象征等手法，把《圣经》故事的寓意融汇到作品情节中或人物性格里，使这些故事发挥有力的陪衬作用；使作品中的人物，故事和情节与《圣经》故事大体对应，让《圣经》能穿越时空的限制，从而发挥隐含的参照作用。探讨英美作家化用《圣经》的方法，有助于我们了解英美文化的思想意识，更好的学习，欣赏乃至研究英美文学作品。关键词：英美文学；《圣经》；方式10Contents1.Introduction………………………………………………………………..……12.TheBible'sI

6、nfluenceonEnglish-Americanliterature2.1QuotingtheBibledirectly………………………………….………………22.2UsingthesymbolicmeaningoftheBible…………………..……………....32.3MergingtheplotsoftheBible………………………………………….…..53.ThereasonsoftheBible’sinfluenceonEnglish-Americanliterature………..

7、..74.Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...8Notes…………………………………………………………………………….……8Bibliography……….………………………………………………………………...91.Introduction TheBibleisanepicthatrecordsthehistoryoftheancientHebrews,ortheJews,andalsoaphilosophicalworkwithdeepmeaning.In

8、composition,itconsistsoftwoparts,theOldTestamentandtheNewTestament.TheOldTestamenttalksaboutthereligioushistoryoftheJewswhiletheNewTestamentcoversJesus'lifeandthehistoryoftheproductionanddevelopmentofChristianity.Thetitle"Testame