浅析《远大前程》中男主人公的成长-本科毕业论文.doc

四川外国语大学成都学院 Chengdu Institute Sichuan International Studies University 本科毕业论文 题目 （中文） 浅析《远大前程》中男主人公的成长 （外文） A Brief Analysis of the Growth Theme in Great Expectations 系 别 英语经贸系 专 业 英语 年 级 2011级 学生姓名 叶留洋 指导教师 赵婉如 结稿日期 2014年 9 月 20 日 四川外国语大学成都学院教务处制 二〇一四 年 九 月 二十 日填 A Brief Analysis of the Growth Theme in Great Expectations Abstract Charles Dickens is one of the greatest British realistic novelists in the nineteenth century. He played a crucial role in the development of fiction and contributed greatly to the development of the writing style in British literature. His novels are not only a true reflection of the whole generation of life experience, but vividly reveals the mid 19th century Britain’s entire social reality, the depth and breadth are far beyond the contemporary most other works. His respective masterpiece Great Expectations has long been universally recognized as literal canons and enjoyed great popularity. This thesis analyzes the course of Pip’s growth from the point of the Bildungsroman. Pip embarked on his journey to London, no longer able to stand the maltreatment of his sister Mrs. Joe and the hypocrisy of Pumblechook, who longs for gentlemanly status and wealth. With the help of guides, he also grew up by discarding both his prejudice against lower class people and his illusion for bourgeois and he got to know the infallible justice of the Judiciary system, and the meaning of gentlemanly status. His journey departs from home and with the incidents and people that he encounters on the way proves to be a process of losing innocence and gaining maturity. The thesis is composed of five chapters including an introduction, the concept of initiation story, the initiation experience of the protagonist and the temptation and the knowledge of society and Pip’s change. The fifth chapter is the conclusion of the paper.. Key words: Great Expectations; the initiation story; growth; influence; character A Brief Analysis of the Growth