荒岛是一种与英国文学历史联系非常密切的意象,众多英国文学作者对荒岛意象进行过形式多样的解析,荒岛在他们的演绎下变成了自由、追求甚至是绝望与危险的象征。其中小说家威廉·戈尔丁的首部作品《蝇王》戏仿了传统的荒岛文学作品,是具有代表意义的成功作品。本文就英国小说家威廉·戈尔丁的《蝇王》对英国文学中的荒岛意象做了深入研究与探索。作为一个岛国,英国有其自身特别的地理位置及 Desert Island is a very close relationship with the history of British literature. Many British authors have conducted various forms of desert island imagery. Desert Island has become a symbol of freedom, pursuit and even hopelessness and danger under their own interpretation . One of the novelist William Golding’s first work, “Lord of the Flies,” imitates the traditional desert island literary works, is a representative work of success. This article makes an in-depth study and exploration on the image of desert island in British literature by the English novelist William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. As an island nation, Britain has its own special geographical location and