论唐 德里罗小说《白噪音》中的非人性化主题和重构性艺术特色.pdf

Table Of Contents Page Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………..ii Chapter 1 Introduction…………………………………………………………1 Chapter 2 The Dehumanizing Themes………………………………………...9 2.1 The Main Themes………………………………………………...9 2.1.1 Death………………………………………………………..9 2.1.2 The Fear of Death………………………………………….15 2.2 The Minor Themes……………………………………………25 2.2.1The Life-Denying Effect of Technology…………………...25 2.2.2 The Huge Impact of Mass Media, Specifically TV………..32 Chapter 3 The Reconstructive Literary Devices……………………………...39 3.1 Irony……………………………………………………………..39 3.2 Labyrinth………………………………………………………...47 Chapter 4 The Postmodernist Ideas………………………………………..55 4.1 Fictitiousness over Reality……………………………………55 4.2 Anti-Authority..………………………………………………….62 4.3 Ambiguity of Identity……………………………………………69 4.4 The Postmodern American Family……………………………...77 Chapter 5 Conclusion…………………………………………………………84 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………..87 4 Acknowledgements I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all those who helped me, either directly or indirectly, in the completion of this thesis. Firstly, I would like to gratefully acknowledge the enthusiastic supervision of Professor Chen Shidan. It was he who gave me the first opportunities in the study of American postmodernist novels. His love of this field and his clear interpretation of theories related to postmodernism helped me take great interest in postmodernist novels. Both as an instructor and a friend, Professor Chen has always been willing and able to answer any question that I have ever asked him. And on the personal side, he did not hesitate to invite his students to become an extended part of his family.