论《美国牧歌》中无罪思想-毕业论文.doc

分类号： 论文编号：  密  级：  贵  州  大  学  2010 届硕士研究生学位论文 论《美国牧歌》中的无罪思想  学科专业:  英语语言文学  研究方向: 英美现当代小说与中 国现当代小说比较研究  导  师:  宁 梅 副教授  研 究 生:  王  珂  中国﹒贵州﹒贵阳 2010 年 6 月 On Innocence of American Pastoral by Wang Ke Under the Supervision of Associate Professor Ning Mei A dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English Language and Literature Guiyang, P. R. China June, 2010 Contents Introduction...……………………………………………….……………….………1 I. Literature Review ……………………………………………………….……1 II. Assumptions …………………………………………………………………3 III. Methodologies………………………………………….…………………….. ….5 IV. Contributions………………………………………….…………………………..6 Chapter One Deception of Innocence Analyzed from Social Perspective 1.1 American Dream………………………7 1.2 Vietnam War’s exposing the Deception of Innocence…………………………9 1.2.1 Merry’s innocence…………………………………………………………..11 1.2.2 Vietnam War’s influence on Merry…………………………………………13 1.3 The Watergate’s exposing the Deception of Innocence………………………13 1.3.1 Lou’s innocence…………………………………………………………….16 1.3.2 The Watergate’s influence on Lou…………………………………………..17 Chapter Two Delusiveness of Innocence Analyzed from Individual Perspective 2.1 Levov is the archetype of American Adam…………………………………...18 2.1.1 The development of American Adam in American Literature……………...19 2.1.2 The factors of being an American Adam for Levov………………………...23 2.1.3 The images to prove Levov is an American Adam………………………... 25 2.2 The innocence: the personality of Levov…………………………………..…28 2.2.1 To emancipate from history…………………………………………………29 2.2.2 To Make dreams come true as long as struggle for it………………….……32 2.2.3 To achieve a target without impairing others………………………….……35 2.3 The Loss of Innocence: Delusiveness of American Dream……………..……38 2.3.1 Rebellion of Merry…………………………………………………….……38 2.3.2 Divorce of Levov……………………………………………………...……39 Chapter Three Eternality of Innocence Analyzed from Perspective of “Collective Unco