《赎罪》是当下英国文坛最具影响力的作家之一——伊恩·麦克尤恩的代表作。他运用其高超的写作技巧,在小说中为读者刻画了多个让人印象深刻的人物形象。原型批评是当代西方文艺批评理论中不可或缺的一个部分,它为经典作品的解读提供了一个新的视角。本文旨在运用弗莱的神话原型批评理论对《赎罪》女主人公进行分析,从深层次来解析这部作品。 Atonement is one of the most influential writers in the English literary world, Ian McEwan’s masterpiece. Using his superb writing skills, he portrays several impressive characters in the novel. Prototype criticism is an indispensable part of contemporary Western literary criticism theory, which provides a new perspective for the interpretation of classical works. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the heroine of Atonement from the perspective of Frye ’s theory of mythological archetypal criticism and analyze the work from a deep level.