《美国的悲剧》的主人公克莱德堕落的成因分析.docx

【标题】《美国的悲剧》的主人公克莱德堕落的成因分析 【作者】覃勤 【关键词】西奥多?徳莱塞；悲剧；克莱徳；美国梦 【指导老师】李雷 【专业】英语 【正文】 I? Introduction A? A Brief Introduction to Theodore Dreiser Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was one of the greatest critical realistic writers in American literature. He seemed like a fighter, struggling and marching alone. And he broke away from the Victorian conventions and opened the door towards the natural, realistic and critical portrayals of life. He was thus said to be a man who had 1iberated the American novel. Theodore Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one of America s 1iterary naturalists He possessed none of the usual aids to a writer s career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters? With every disadvantage piled upon him, Dreiser, by his strong will and his dogged persistence eventually burst out and became one of the important American writers. He is probably the one who should held greater fame. He broke through the traditional noble and elegant style, and directed his works at attacking the corrosive influence of the American society and the unscrupulous evi 1 means toward wealth? Before his An American Tragedy, Dreiser had written several other works? But all the novels were not welcomed at that time because they al 1 sharply made konwn that clear position of the rich and the poor and criticized the degenerated 1 ife style of the bourgeoisie- Theodore Dreiser s novels were not recognized by the people until the successful publishment of An American Tragedy in 1925, which brought him a world-wide fame. There were some people who judged Theodore Dreiser. In 1919 Sherwood Anderson wrote about Dreiser: … he is very, very old. I do not know how many years he has 1 ived, perhaps forty, perhaps fifty, but he is very old. Something grey and bleak and hurtful, which has been in the world perhaps forever, is personified in him. ” 1 And “He had an enormous influe nee on American literature during the first quarter of the c