"the Catcher In The Rye In Jewish Culture Motif Research

The catcher in the rye is a representative works of Salinger who is a famous American writer. This novel taking American young student Holden as the hero is the product of the American culture on the surface, in fact involves a rich Jewish characteristics. In the novel, the author hides Holden Jewish identity, and applies a large number of the image and the symbol of the art in a recessive unique way of the interpretation of the Jewish culture motif. Tramp, Father and Son, Edge, Sacrifice and Redemption, and Jewish culture motif in the novel gets some degree of using and understanding. At the same time, Holden has the image of general significance, his ideal disillusioned, his alone, in pain and confusion and finally from the fancy self liberation going back to reality, to a great extent, the author shows the value orientation and the survival of the human and the life of the current situation of the real concern.This article takes the Jewish culture motif and its universal significance of the catcher in the rye as the research object and the text uses the reading methods to interpret Salinger works inner Jewish sex. The letter divides into "the bible (the old testament)--history--the Jewish culture motif,"the Jewish culture motif in the catcher in the rye of artistic representation" and "the catcher in the rye Jewish culture motif in the universality of the meaning" three chapters. There are five parts including the introduction and the epilogue.The introduction and the epilogue main analysis the research present situation part of "the catcher in the rye", especially make a review about the current status of Jewish culture motif. Divided into two kinds of the domestic and foreign research situation. Foreign research status give priority to the theme and the analysis, critics often compared Holden and other characters in literature works. In China, about Salinger and his works in the real study began in the1980s, since1994, the comments and introduce about the catcher in the rye began to increase in all kinds of academic periodicals in China and other newspapers and magazines; In the21st century, every year the Canon articles published as many as ten papers; At present, all kinds of journals relevant articles are still in the constant growth. The research on Salinger’s article mainly focused on the author’s creative consciousness, text rhetoric, reader’s reaction and culture results from several aspects. Through the analysis of the present situation, leads to Jewish culture motif study theme.The first chapter discusses the relationship about the Jewish culture motif, the bible (the old testament) and history. Jewish literature Jewish lies, it is in the literary form on the Jewish cultural elements of digestion and utilization and from this reflects the comprehensive national quality, and in Jewish culture elements with core meaning of the national identity, voters view and eschatology, wandering thought history process and psychology thinking, values, ethnic customs, etc.The second chapter combs the Jewish culture motif in the catcher in the rye to present, basically has edge art, tramp, father and son, sacrifice and redemption of Jewish culture motif, etc. These cultural motif mainly embodied in the body and mind of Holden’s experience, Holden’s way of thinking, psychological mechanism as well as the life, character, language and behavior.The third chapter discusses the universality of the motif of Jewish culture significance. These universal meaning embodied in the spirit of Holden rovers of the world character,"father and the son" the contradiction of traditional and modern fusion, the survival edge Holden out of the social functions and Holden "sacrifice and redemption" complex of modernity and its universality significance.The conclusion does a summary about the main content of the thesis, including "the catcher in the rye" in the Jewish culture motif and universal significance of Jewish. It also points out the limitation of this paper, hope to further demonstration.