“附体”意象的文化溯源和文学解读——以《别名格雷斯》为例论阿特伍德的写作策略比较文学与世界文学专业论文.docxVIP

Trace and Interpret the Image of “Possession” From the Cultural and Literary Aspect ——Taking Alias Grace as an Example to Explore Atwood’s Writing Strategies Major: Comparative literature and the World literature Direction: The European and American literature Tutor: Associate Professor Wang Xiaoyan Author: Dong Shanshan Grade: 2 0 0 4 Abstract Margaret Atwood, the renowned Canadian poet, novelist and critic, has a very high prestige in the international literary area. She got the reputation as “ the queen of Canadian literature ” due to her rich works and prizes. Her works manifest the following three themes: the Feminism which closely concerns the survival condition of women, the Canada national consciousness and the ecologism advocating environmental protection. She has the profound literary attainments. Massive modern art techniques, such as the symbol, the metaphor, the open -ended, the parody etc, can be seen in her eleven published novels. Atwood is very fond of the fairy tales, the myth and the Gothic novels, it reflect in her writings is the utilization of some supernatural factors like monster and ghost. Her ninth novel Alias Grace is a historical novel, it based on a true murder case. The dissertation will analyze the image of “possession” in this works to investigate Atwood’s particular writing strategies. It constituted by three chapters : Chapter one: By introduce Atwood’s literary accomplishments systematically, we can learn the motifs ——“ victim” and “survival” ——always exist in her writings. Furtherly explore why Atwood prefer Gothic art techneques from the aspect of her early reading and Canada’s literary tradition’s affect and so on. In Alias Grace, she integrate the factor of Gothic novel and detective novel excellent, borrow the image of “possession” to organize story. Chapter two: It is necessary to trace the image of “possession” from culture aspect. “possession” not only can be understood ghost “possession”, but also god or spirit “possessio