论《美国牧歌》中梅丽的嬉皮士身份构建-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

AbstractOn Abstract On Merry’S Hippie Identity in American Pastoral Abstract MA Candidate：Li Jiao Advisor：Xiang Lin Philip Roth is one of the most prestigious Jewish—American writers in contemporary American literature．As an ethnic writer,Roth consistently writes about the poor living conditions of the Jews in America，and the loss of Jewish identity when they face the American mainstream cultures and values．As one of his representative works，American Pastoral has been widely studied since its publication．A multitude of scholars and critics tried to interpret this novel from different perspectives，but they mainly paid much aRention on the Jewish identity and the tragedy of the protagonist— Swede in the novel．There are a few reviewers paying attention to Swede’S daughter— Merry．Thus，the present author attempts to analyze Merry’S hippie identity in the novel． In details，the author will use the method of the new historicism，the semiotic and the narratology to interpret Merry as a hippie． The present thesis firstly interprets Merry’S hippie identity from the new historicism aspect．This novel mainly focuses on the social conditions in the sixties，SO the first chapter analyzes the historical background of the sixties．Roth ingeniously intertwines the momentOUS Anti—war Movement into the fictional WOrld to show the historicity of text．The second chapter concentrates on the external images of Merry By analyzing Merry’S dress and her stuttering，the author attempts to reveal Merry’S hippie identity from the semiotic aspect．In the last chapter,the author tries to study 万方数据 四川师范大学硕士学位论文Merry’S 四川师范大学硕士学位论文 Merry’S hippie identity from the angle of narrative tension．By dissecting the conversations between Merry and her father,the author is going to reveal the irreconcilable contradiction between two generations．The author also interprets Merry’S hippie identity from the multiple focalizations．In the last part of this chapter, the author inspects Merry’S Jewish—American identity