从隐喻视角解读电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》的人物名称意义

摘要

李安导演的电影《少年派的奇幻漂流》是根据加拿大作家扬·马特尔风靡全球的同名小说改编而成。电影对人物及动物等的命名倾注了特别的心思，通过富有创意的名字来塑造人物的形象和命运，也更好地揭示了作品的主题思想。因此，为更好地解读这部电影，对影片中人物名称隐喻意义的解读是很有必要的。%Ang Lee's movie "Life of Pi" is based on Canadian writer Yann Martel's famous homonymous novel. They paid par-ticular attention to the naming of characters. The usage of inno-vative names was to shape the image and fate of the figures which more precisely revealed the theme of the work. Therefore, for thorough understanding of the movie, it's necessary to analyze the metaphoric meanings of those characters' names.