On Death Images in Willa Cather’s Major Works毕业论文.docVIP

兰州城市学院 毕 业 论 文 题 目：On Death Images in Willa Cather’s Major Works 学 院： 文学院 专 业： 英语 Contents Abstract i 摘要 ii 1. Introduction 1 2. Death images in works 2 2.1 Death images and the death consciousness in other writers’ works 2 2.1.1 Death images in Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari and Hemingway’s works 2 2.1.2 Death images in Edward Morgan Forest’s works 2 2.2 Death images in Willa Cather’s major works 3 2.2.1 Some materials about Death images 3 2.2.2 Analysis of a concrete death image in Willa Cather’s works 8 2.3 Comparison between other writers and Willa Cather about death images 10 3. Conclusion 11 References 12 Abstract Life and death are the most sensitive topic in human history, which influence people for a long time. At the same time, they encourage people to think deeply. Paying attention to the death is to show better concerns for life. Willa Cather is regarded as a distinguished American woman writer in American literary history. Her works are loved by many readers now. Willa Cather shows us a strong sense of life by describing life and death. However, at present, there are a lot of papers which are about Willa Cather’s works by means of feminism or other parts, instead of researching her works through death images in her works. Thorough analysis of the death image through the literary form, we can have a comprehensive understanding of Cather’s works, so that we may form a new assessment about them. What’s more, we may know more about the American national spirit after researching Willa Cather’s works. At first, this paper plans to analysis other writers’ works about death images, such as Hemingway，and then researches death images in Cather’s works. Finally, this paper chooses special people to understand her works better. Key words: Willa Cather; Death images; Life 摘 要 生死问题是人类最敏感又最永恒的话题，自古以来它就困扰着人们，也促使人们对它作深入的思考。关注死亡，可以更好地理解人生。