苦涩的奋争者——《我的光辉生涯》中西比拉的权力关系解读-bitter infighting —— an interpretation of the power relationship between china and west bila in my glorious career.docxVIP

AcknowledgementsAlthough this thesis, like many others?, is the result of my great efforts, many people have contributed to making it possible and completed.First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to my supervisor, Professor Chen Zhengfa. His learnedness and scholarly introductionsignites my curiosity about Australian literature and interest in it. I am most grateful to him who generously offers us his abundant private library, which whets my appetite and solidifies my determination to study Australian literature as my direction. I also feel indebted for his patiently instructing and polishing my thesis.I am also grateful to Prof. Hong Zengliu, Prof. Hua Quankun, Associate Prof. Qi Tao and other teachers who have given me great enlightenment in my post-graduate study. My sincere thanks also go to my parents, husband, friends and classmates who are supportive and helpful to my study.Finally, special thanks are also extended to all the members of the evaluating committee and examining committee for their precious time in reading and evaluating my thesis.AbstractMiles Franklin was one of the most remarkable Australian novelists and her first and representative work, My Brilliant Career, is praised as “the first real Australian novel”. Owing to the successful characterization of the heroine, Sybylla Melvyn, who, different from the traditional image of women in previous literary works, is presented before us readers as one possessing a unique character with her rebellious spirit and her constant pursuit of independence, most critics so far focus their studies on her character but in the traditional light, such as from the perspectives of neoclassicism, feminism, psychological analysis, etc. This thesis intends to go into the book in a new way through employing Michael Foucault?s power theory, to study and analyze the web of complicated power relations that Sybylla is caught in, the way she tackles them in her indomitable struggles, her efforts to