嘉莉妹妹开题报告

广东第二师范学院2015届英语专业毕业论文开题报告(B.A.ThesisProposal)论文题目NaturalisminSisterCarrie论《嘉莉妹妹》中自然主义选题方向文学学号11550401045学生姓名魏会霞指导教师李漫萍1）ResearchQuestionsandHypothesesThethesisanalysistheconstraintoftheenvironmentandhereditytoSisterCarrie,toshowtherepresentativeofthenaturalismonSisterCarrie,inordertoanalysisthemeaningwhichnaturalismgivestothereallives.Followingaretheproblemsneedtobesolved:Firstly,thebackgroundofthenaturalism,TheodoreDreiserandhiswork.Secondly,thedefinitionandfeaturesofnaturalismonSisterCarrie,andthendiscussingthefigureshavethesefeatures.2）PurposeandSignificanceoftheStudyThemostimportantsectioninnaturalismisdetermination,whichstresshuman’sperformancesweredecidedbyenvironmentandheredityandwon’tbetransformbyhuman’swill.TheodoreDreiserisoneofthemostinfluentialAmericanwriters.HisfirstnovelSisterCarriepublishedin1990,wasregardedasforbiddenbookduetothesocialcondition.Butnowthebookbecomesfamousbecauseofthenaturalisticfeaturesinit.TheodoreDreiserisregardedasapioneerofAmericannaturalism.Asrepresentativenaturalisticwriter,TheodoreDreiserexpressesnaturalism’sfeatureinmostofhiswork.TheodoreDreiseradvocatestruthfulreflectionoflifeinhisnovel.Thethesisaimsatthreefeaturesofnaturalism:environment,heredity,andextinctdesire.Besides,naturalistwriterspaymoreattentionondetaildescription.TheodoreDreiserusedalotofnaturalisminSisterCarrie,likethemaincharacters’food,clothes,furnitureanddebts.3)LiteratureReviewTheodoreDreiserwasoneofthemostfamousnaturalistwritersinAmerica.Hehadproducedseveralamazingnaturalistnovels,amongthem,SisterCarriewastherepresentativenovelofnaturalism.Afteritsappearance,differentschools’writersfightforit.TheformerlearnerhasalotoffamousstudiesofTheodoreDreiser’snaturalisminSisterCarrie.MostofwritersholdthepositiveattitudeintheirresearchesaboutnaturisminSisterCarrie.Marcus(1970)statedthatTheodoreDreiserwasnotafolloweroftheforefounderzolaandFrank,becauseheabsorbedtheideaofHawthorneandspenser.Hegavewondertonovel,sohisnaturalismnoveldifferentfromothernaturalistwriters.HisnovelappealedAmerican’sreallifeandthevalueofAmericansocietyfromtheaspectofnaturalism.Liuxiaoyan（2003）statedTheodoreDreiser’snaturalismisdifferentfromotherwriters,hedefiedthemorals,hethoughtthathumanbeinghadnofreechoices,butcontrolledbyenvironment,heredity,physics,especiallythecontrolledbychemistry--humanwilldropintochasmunderthepushoftheextinctdesire.Therefore,humancan’ttakearesponsibleofhismistakeoffailure.Chenmei(2004)＆Luyi(2003)dissectedtwomaincharactersofSisterCarrie--CarrieandGeorgeW.Hurstwood.Shediscussednaturalismfromtheperspectiveofhumancharacterandperformance,figureouttheviewsofnaturalistliterature:humanlikeanimalistheproduceoflivingenvironment.Human’scharacterwounddevelopundersurroundingenvironment,emphasizedthestyleofnaturalismrelyondefyingthevalueofmorals.Andalsothinkthereonlyisthefightingofliving.Underthecontrolledbysocialenvironmentandheredity,everyonelackofintellectthought,theywillgetlostintheyinnerheart.Sopeoplehavetoadapttothesocialenvironment,andusehiswisetobecomeapowerfulperson,whichcanimprovesociety.Butithasone-sidedness.Chenbo(2006)saidthenaturalistliteratureemphasizedtheinfluenceofheredityandenvironment,whichisthemainpowertodecidehuman’sdestiny.Inthenovel,therearetwokindsofpowertodecidecarrie’sdestiny,oneistheextinctdesireforhappiness,theotheroneissocialeconomicenvironment.Onthattime,peopleholdtheAmericandreamintheirheart,theirseizingwerecontrolledbythesocialeconomicenvironment.Thenaturalistwritersthoughthathuman’sperformancewasforcedbyextinct,theirdestinywascontrolledbyenvironment.TheinfluenceofenvironmentpaysanimportantrolesonSisterCarriewhenreferredtonaturalism.Zhanghezhen（1997)＆Renhaiyan(2003)statedthatnaturalismlikerealization,bothemphasizedthedetail,however,naturalismpaysmoreattentiononextremesocialenvironmentdescribe,andthengivethescientistconclusionafterwhichimpactedbyenvironment.Wufang(2000)statedthatSisterCarriepaidmoreattentiononhuman’stragedyunderallkindsofsocialpower.Whathecaresaboutwastheaimlessnessoflife,thepainofhuman,andtheincredibleupanddown.AlltheresearcheshasownedtheirownopiniononTheodoreDreiserandhisnovel--SisterCarrie,andanalysistheauthor’strendofnaturalism.However,mostofscholarsfocusedoncarriethisfigureandtheaspectofDreiser’snaturalistthought,thefeaturesofnaturalismonSisterCarrieisquiteshallow.ThisthesiswilldiscussSisterCarriemorespecifyfromtheaspectsofextinctdesire,heredity,andenvironment,explainingthenaturalistfeaturesofthisnovelandrevealingthelivingconditionofAmericanonthattime.4）MethodologyThethesiswillbewrittenbyreadingtheoriginalnovel,basedontheconceptionofnaturalism,discussingtherelationshipbetweenenvironmentandfigures’character.I’llusethesemethods:Literaturereviewmethod:AccordingtothequestionsIwanttosolve,Iacquiredtheinformationfromtheliterature.SoIgraspthebackgroundknowledgeandrelativetheorytosolvetheproblems.Inductivemethod:Applyinganalysisandsyntheses,abstractandsummarize,I’llusehandlethoseacquiredinformationunderthethoughprocess,inordertounderstandtheessenceofobject,andannouncetheinternallaw.Ex