Through intensive reading of the text, the thesis probes into absurdity of the war and inanimation of sex while making a profound analysis of horses on racecourse and battlefield.

• 本文通过文本细读,分析了战争的荒谬和性爱的缺乏生命力;在二者意义消解的同时,对小说中来自赛马场与战场的马进行了深入地分析。