小川洋子的小说常常从新奇的视角出发,给读者阅读带来新鲜感。这些新奇的视角包括文章主题的选择,主题指代贯穿小说的关键事物。在小川洋子作品中,相同的主题经常反复出现,这是其重要特点之一。本文将以后期作品《博士的爱情算式》和《怀抱猫咪,与象共泳》为中心,浅析其中符号性主题的特点、作用以及象征意义。 Yoko Ogawa’s novels often start from a novel perspective, to bring readers fresh reading. These novel perspectives include the choice of the theme of the article, which refers to the key things that run through the novel. In the works of Ogawa Yoko, the same theme often repeated, this is one of its important characteristics. This article will focus on the characteristics, functions and symbolic meanings of the symbolic themes in his later works, “Doctoral Love Formulas” and “Cats and Elephants Sharing Swimming”.