ABSTRACT

One Hundred Years of Solitude was a famous works to describe the situation of Columbia. The author used symbolism as the main rhetorical device to offer a detailed description of seven generations of the Macondo and Buendia’s family, which aroused people’s concern about the current situation in Columbia and in the whole Latin America. This paper mainly researched and analyzed symbolism from plot, colors, characters, objects and others elements in One Hundred Years of Solitude, which aimed to probe into the theme of the novel and analyze its meaning so as to help readers to have a better and deeper understanding of this novel.

Key words:  One Hundred Years of SolitudeSymbolismColorsCharacters

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

中文摘要

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION1

1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTHOR AND THE NOVEL.1

1.2 THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY.1

1.3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY2

1.4 THE THEORY OF SYMBOLISM2

1.5 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER.2

CHAPTER TWO LITERATIRE REVIEW.3

CHAPTER THREE AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE.5

3.1 AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM FROM THE PLOT5

3.2 AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM FROM THE USE OF COLORS6

3.2.1 The Symbolism of Yellow6

3.2.2 The Symbolism of Blue-.8

3.3 AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM FROM ITS CHARACTERS.9

  3.3.1 Amaranta.9

  3.3.2 Rebecca10

 3.3.3 Fernanda.11

3.4 AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM FROM OBJECTS11

3.4.1 The Mirror Wall11

3.4.2 New Objects of the West13

3.5 AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM FROM OTHER ELEMENTS14

CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION.15

 4.1 CONCLUSION15

 4.2 FINDINGS15

 4.3 LIMITATIONS.15

BIBLIOGRAPHY.16

APPENDIX FAMILY TREE.17