美国文学选读期末论文嘉莉妹妹Word格式文档下载.docx
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oneisCarrie’ssisterandtheotherisDrouetandHurstwood,giveCarriethechancetofashionheridealegoandbeasuccessfulactress.Theformeronestandsforthepoverty.Inthere,Carrieisdrivenbybasicneedsforsurvivalandphysiologicalnecessities.ThelateroneletsCarrieknowsheshouldrealizehervaluebutnottodependonman.Theauthorfinallyindicatesthatinthesurvivalofthefittestworldpeoplewhoindustriouslyadapttothesocietycanlivelongerandbetter.
KeyWords:
naturalism;
TheodoreDreiser;
Carrie;
desire
通过自然主义分析《嘉莉妹妹》中嘉莉这一物质主义形象
摘要:
西奥多德莱赛在他的杰作《嘉莉妹妹》中讲述了一位农村女孩到城市谋生最后成为百老汇名演员的故事。
在这部小说中,德莱赛用了大量笔墨来描写嘉莉最初对基本生活的满足到最后追求自我完善的过程。
本文旨在分析自然主义对嘉莉“追求道路”上的影响。
在这个过程中,有两种人给了嘉莉自我完善和成为名演员这个机会:
一类姐姐明妮一家,另一类是德鲁埃和赫斯特伍德。
前者代表贫困,在姐姐家里,嘉莉被生活所迫。
而后者让嘉莉意识到她必须实现自己的价值而不是依赖男人。
作者还指出在这个优胜劣汰的世界里,谁能努力地适应这个社会,谁就能活得更长,活的更好。
关键词:
自然主义;
西奥多德莱赛;
嘉莉;
欲望
Tableofcontents
1.Introduction…………………………………………………………….………1
1.1Literaturereview………………………………………………….………1
1.2Mypurposeofthepaper……………………………………….………3
2.AnalysisofCarrie’slife……………………………………………….………..4
2.1BusyaboutLiving……………………………………………….………......4
2.1.1Beartherudeinsult………………………………………………...4.
2.1.2Lowerpayment……………………………………………….……5
2.1.3Brother-in-law’scoldattitude……………………………………...6
2.2ToChaseBetterLife……………………………………………….………..7
2.2.1NewlifewithDruoet……………………………………………….7
2.2.2NewlifewithHurstwood…………………………………………..8
2.3Carrie’sNewCareerasaPerformer…………………………………………9
2.3.1Thereasonsheabandonedherhusband……………………………9
2.3.2Dissatisfactionabouthercurrentsituation………………………...10
3.TheFinalFateofCarrie……………………………………………….…………
1.Introduction
Americannaturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.Itisnomorethanagloomyphilosophicalapproachtorealityortohumanexistence.TheodoreDreiserwasdeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinismandSpencer’sevolutionism.Hebelievedthatweliveinaworldcomposedofmatterinmotion:
suchmattermakesupthenaturalprocess,whichisbothrepeatableandhavedescribableinscientificterms.Spensersaidthatnaturesymbolicallyreflecteditsinnermeaning,sothattoreadtheuniversewastoreadtheunfoldingofnatureandtounderstandthecorrespondencesthatexistedbetweenmanandtheanimalworld.IntheworksofDreiser,Americansocietyisaworldwherepeoplestruggled.Hetotallydeniedtheexistenceandtheinfluenceofmorals.Hethoughtinthelife,thereisnoaim,nocriterion.Onlythesurvivalitselfisthefinallytarget.Soallmoralsstandardisneedlessandallfantasyisridiculous.People’sactionistotallycontrolledby“nature”.AccordingtoSpencer’sevolutionismthathethoughthumanbeingsjustareanimalswithoutfreewilling.Thelivingworldisapurelyphysicalandmechanisticworld.Onlythesurvivalanddevelopmentaretheimportantinthesurvivalofthefittestworld(Pizer65).
TheodoreDreiseristhegreatestnaturalistwriterin20thcontrary.HisnovelSisterCarrieistheoneofhismasterpiecewhichhassignificantmeaninginAmericaliteraturehistory.ButthisnovelandthemaincharacterCarriearecriticizedinmanydifferentways.Atthebeginningofthepublishmentofthisnovel,Carrieisblamedasapersonwhobetraysherspiritandbody,andabandonshermorals.TheissuesSisterCarrieraisedarethetypicalreflectionsoftheAmericannaturalism(Liu138).WhenDreisersubmittedthemanuscripttoapublisheritwasrejectedbecauseitwasthoughtlikelytooffend“thefemininereaderswhocontrolthedestiniesofsomanyworks.
”Notuntil1907,whenSisterCarriewasreissued,diditfinallyreachasizablereadingpublicandbegintoshapethedevelopmentofAmericanliterature.Infact,whenpeoplesummarythenaturalism,SisterCarrieisthefirstarticletobecitedandTheodoreDreiseralsoisthefirstpersontobeargued(Ma221).
LuJinginherpapersaidDreisertriedtoillustratethatpeopledonothavegoodorbad.Thereareonlythestrongerandweaker.Survivalofthefittestistheprincipleofthisworld.SotheenvironmentbecomesthedeterminedfactinSisterCarrie.ItiscircumstancearoundCarriedrovehertoseekmoney,enjoymentandsuccess,whichshecannotcontrol(113).LiuXiaoyansaidfromtheaspectofDarwinismandSpe
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