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2.1CriticalReceptiononSisterCarrieandJennieGerhardtAbroad5
2.2CriticalReceptiononSisterCarrieandJennieGerhardtatHome6
III.Dreiser’sViewonWomeninSisterCarrieandJennieGerhardt7
3.1Dreiser’sViewonWomenReflectedinSisterCarrie8
3.2Dreiser’sViewonWomenReflectedinJennieGerhardt11
IV.VicissitudeofDreiser’sViewonWomeninSisterCarrieandJennieGerhardt
14
4.1VicissitudeofDreiser’sViewonWomeninSisterCarrie14
4.2VicissitudeofDreiser’sViewonWomeninJennieGerhardt19
V.Conclusion22
WorksCited24
Acknowledgements
AfterenjoyingthehardworkofdoingresearchonTheodoreDreiser’sworks—SisterCarrieandJennieGerhardt,Iamhappytohavetheopportunitytoacknowledgeformallymysupervisor,MsCaiYunandMsYinJi,whospentherprecioustimediscussingwithmeabouteverydetailofmywork.Withouttheirconstantencouragementandpatientadvice,mythesiscanneverbecomplete.Iamgratefultothemnotonlyfortheirenthusiasmbutalsofortheirexpertsuggestionsandguidance.Theirprofoundknowledge,gracefulmannersfillmewithadmiration.
Secondly,mythanksalsogotoProfessorLiuYuhongandMissDengLijian.Ireallyappreciatetheirvaluableadviceincompletionofthisthesis.
致谢词
在研究完有关西奥多·
德莱塞的两部作品—《嘉莉妹妹》和《珍妮姑娘》后,我很高兴能够有机会正式的向我的论文指导老师蔡云老师和尹姬老师表示衷心的感谢。
感谢她们抽出时间与我讨论我的论文中的每一个细节。
没有她们不断的鼓励和耐心的指导,我的论文不可能顺利完成。
非常感激她们的热情和专业性的建议和指导使我万分钦佩。
其次,还要特别感谢刘玉红教授、邓丽坚老师,她们在本论文写作中也提出了宝贵的意见。
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Theodore
Dreiser’sChanging
View
onWomen
fromSisterCarrietoJennieGerhardt
CollegeofForeignStudies,GuangxiNormalUniversity200710500075LuoNa
Supervisors:
CaiYun&
YinJi
[Abstract]TheodoreDreiseroccupiesanimportantpositioninmodernAmericanliterature.SisterCarrieandJennieGerhardtarehistworepresentativeworks.Atfirst,bothCarrieandJenniearetwopuregirlswhowanttochangetheirpoorlife.However,bothofthembecomemistressesinordertochangetheirterriblesituation,andtheirbehaviorsdisobeythetraditionalvalueswhichrefertomoralcodesandmoresthatarepasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationwithinacommunity.ThisthesisistomakeananalysisofDreiser’schanging
view
onwomen.DreisermakesuseofCarrieandJennie’stragedytorevealhisvaluesonwomenwhicharedifferentfromthetraditionalvalues.HepointsthatwomenlikeCarrieandJenniehavetherighttosatisfytheirmaterialpursuitsandspiritualpursuits.Theyshouldnotdependonmantofindtheirself-esteem.However,makingacomparisonbetweenSisterCarrieandJennieGerhardt’sending,whileCarriebecomesasuccessfulactressbyhereffortsandopportunities,sheisdisillusionedspiritually;
whileJennielostherrelatives,daughterandlovers,sheiscontentedspiritually.Dreiserchangeshisviewonwomenfromaffirmationoffemalestruggletoaffirmationoffemaleself-sacrifice;
itwasasignofhisregressivefeminineconsciousness.
[Keywords]Carrie;
Jennie;
traditionalvalues;
viewonwomen
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从《嘉莉妹妹》到《珍妮姑娘》论德莱塞女性观的变迁
广西师范大学外国语学院英语教育专业200710500075罗娜
指导老师:
蔡云尹姬
[内容摘要]西奥多·
德莱塞(TheodoreDreiser,1871-1945)在美国现代小说发展历程中占很重要的地位。
《嘉莉妹妹》和《珍妮姑娘》是德莱塞的两部代表作。
女主角嘉莉和珍妮是两个很想通过自己努力来改变生活困境的纯洁善良的女孩,可是她们成为别人情妇来改变生活的行为却不能被社会所接受。
这种行为违背了当时社会的传统道德观。
本文主要通过分析嘉莉和珍妮的悲剧来展示德莱塞的不同于传统道德观的女性观。
他认为像嘉莉和珍妮这样的女人有权利去满足自己的物质追求和精神追求,她们不应该通过依靠男人来树立自己的自尊。
然而,通过两个故事的结局对比,嘉莉通过自己的努力和机遇成为了一名成功的女演员,但是她的内心感到十分空虚;
珍妮最后失去了自己的亲人,女儿和爱人,可是她却得到了精神上的满足。
[关键词]嘉莉妹妹;
珍妮姑娘;
女性观;
传统女性观
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I.Introduction
1.1AboutDreiser’sLife
TheodoreDreiseroccupiesanimportantpositioninmodernAmericanliterature.AlanTaitregardedDreiser,HemingwayandFaulknerasthemostimportantnovelistinAmericanrealismliterature.BecauseofthepublicationofSisterCarriein1900,DreisercommittedhisliteraryforcetoopeningthenewgroundofAmericanrealism.Withtheuseofsimpleanddirectlanguage,Dreiserisapioneerintellingaseriesofstoriesabout“themechanisticbrutalityofAmericansociety.”(ChangYaoxin,2001:
298)TheodoreDreiser’sworkhasitsdistinctcharacteristics.AfamousAmericanliterarycriticsaid,“ManyAmericanwritershaveacommoncharacteristicforatime,thatis,theirworksarereadlikenaturalandsmoothwritingwithouttenderness,butTheodoreDreiser’sworksarereadlike‘Unbearablepain’.”(AlfredKazin,1955:
3)“HeisthefirstnovelisttocapturethemodernAmerican,”asMarcusCunliffestated.(MarcusCunliffe,1975:
205)
TheodoreDreiserwasborninIndianaonAugust27,1871,intoaGermanimmigrantfamily.Livinginapoorandintenselyreligiousfamily,hisfatherdemandedthekidsbehaveinconformitywithCatholic.Atthelate19thcenturytoearly20thcentury,NewYork,Philadelphia,BostonandChicagohadbecomeaninternationalmetropolisinAmerica.Thousandsofpeoplecameinflocksinordertofindajob.AtfifteenDreiserfledfromhomeandwenttoChicago,Dreiserdreamedofwealthandsocialsuccessinthegreatmetropolis.Whenhewaseighteen,asympatheticteacherhelpedhimentertheUniversityofIndiana,buthequittedafterayearandreturnedtoChicago.Later,hebecameajournalistontheChicagoGlobeandworkedinSt.LouisandPittsburgbeforearrivinginNewYorkin1894.
Apartfromschooleducation,Dreiserreadvoraciouslybyhimself.HeimmersedhimselfinDickensandThackeray,readwidelyShakespeare,andtastedBunyan,Fielding,Pope,Thoreau,Emerson,andMarkTwain,buthistrueliteraryinfluenceswerefromBalzac,CharlesDarwinandHerbertSpencertheideasfrom
thosebooks.HeembracedsocialDarwinism.Dreiserlearnedtoregardmanasmerely“ananimaldrivenbygreedandlustinstruggleforexistenceinwhichonlythe‘fittest’,themostruthless,survive.”(EverettCarter,1963:
402)RobertE.Spilleroncenotedinhisbook,TheCycleofAmericanLiterature:
“ToDreiser,manisonlya‘mechanism’reactingto‘chemiccompulsions,’andhumantragedycomesasaresultofthecollisionbetweenman’sbiologicalneedsandsociety’sruthlessmanipulation.Lifeispredatory,a“game”ofthelecherousandheatless,ajunglestruggleinwhichman,being“awaifandaninterloperinnature,”“awispinthewindofsocialforces,”isamerepawninthegeneralschemeofthings,withnopowerwhatevertoasserthiswill.Nooneisethicallyfree;
everythingisdeterminedbyacomplexofinternalchemismsandbytheforcesofsocialpressure.”(RobertE.Spiller,1951:
175)
1.2HisLiteraryAchievements
Intheearlyperiod,DreiserbegantopublishhisfirstnovelSisterCarriein1900,oneofthemostfamousworksinAmericanliteraryhistory,followedbyJennieGerhardt(1911)andtwovolumesofhis“TrilogyofDesire,”TheFinancier(1912)andTheTitan(1914).Dreiser’sotherworksincludeTheGenius(1915)whichtoldusastoryaboutamisunderstoodartistwhocanbeconsideredasDreiserhimself.Itwascondemnedfor“obscenityandblasphemy.”(LiuShusen,2006:
264)
Inthemiddleperiod,Dreiser’sgreatestworkAnAmericanTragedy(1925)waspublished.In1927,DreiserandtheAmericandelegationwereinvitedtoRussiaandthenhewroteDreiserLooksatRussia(1928)andTragicAmerica(1931)toexpresshisnewfaith.
Inlaterstage,DreiserpublishedTheBulwarkin1945.TheStoic,oneofhis“TrilogyofDesire”publishedin1947posthumously.
InthebookSisterCarrie,CarolineMeeber,knownasCarrie,leavesherhomeattheageofeighteenandtakesthetraintoChicago.CarriemeetsamannamedDrouetandsheisattractedbythewayhetreatsher.Sosheagreestoallowhimtorentanapartmentforher.DrouetthenintroducesCarrietohisfriendHurstwood,amanagerofoneofthetopbarsinthecity.HurstwoodisfarmorerefinedandelegantthanDrouet.Hefallsinlovewithherandstartstothinkofgettinghertorunawaywithhim.OneeveningHurstwoodstealstenthousanddollarsfromtheunlockedsafeofhisworkplace.WithoutthinkinghetakesthecashandrushestoCarrie’sapartmentandtheyleaveforNewYorkCity.AsHurstwoodloseshisworkandsocialstatus,Carrielosesinterestinhimandstartsconsideringherotheralternatives.FinallyCarrieisluckytobeafamousactressinBroadway.AtlastthenoveltracesCarrie’sriseandHurstwood’sfall.Hurstwoodbecomesahomelessbeggar,whereasCarriebecomesanovernightstar.AlthoughCarriehasbeensuccess,shebecomesunhappywithherstateintheworld.
Inthisbook,Dreisermadenomoraljudgmentsonhischaracters’behavior.Theauthorwroteaboutinfidelityandprostitutionasnaturaloccurrencesinthecourseofhumanrelationships.Hewroteabouthischaracterswithpity,compassion,andasenseofself-esteem.
JennieGerhardtisastoryaboutapoorgirl,Jennie.WhileworkinginahotelinColumbus,JenniemeetsSenatorGeorgeBranderwhobecomesinfatuatedwithher.Hehelpsherfamilyandwantstomarryher.Jennieisthankfulforhisbenevolenceandagreestosleepwithhim.UnfortunatelytheSenatordies,leavingherpregnant.Shegivesbirthtoadaughter,andmovestoClevelandwhereshefindsworkasalady’smaidtoarenownedfamily.Consequently,shemeetsLesterKane,aprosperousmanufacturer’sson.Jenniefallsinlovewithhimandimpressedbyhisstrongwillandgenerosity.Lesterdoesn’tknowthatJenniehasachild,andhewishestomarryher,buthisfamilydisapproved,sohedecidestotreatherashismistress.TheylivetogethersuccessfullyinChicago,eventhroughLesterfindsthatVestaisJennie’sdaughterafterthreeyears,hedoesnotleaveJenniebythereasonofthepressuregivenbyhisfamily.Butafterhisfather'
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