《英语专业-从消费文化角度看《推销员之0死》中美国梦的破灭》-毕业设计（论文）.docVIP

精品 东北师范大学人文学院 本科毕业论文 Failure of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman: From the Perspective of Consumer Culture 从消费文化角度看《推销员之死》中美国梦的破灭 学生姓名： 指导教师： 所在院系：英语学院 所学专业年级： 英语教育 中国·长春 2011 年 4 月 Table of Contents TOC \o 1-1 \h \z \u Abstract( English) .……………………………………………………………………. i 摘要（汉语） ii Introduction 1 1 A brief introduction of the American Dream ..…………………………………………… 1 1.1 The origin and development of the American Dream …………………………...2 1.2 The American Dream in Death of a Salesman ………..…………………...…….3 2 Historical background of Consumer Culture ………………………………………..4 2.1 A brief introduction of Consumer Culture ……………………………………….4 2.2 America’s entry to consumer society …………………………………………….5 3 Failure of the American Dream in Consumer Culture: representation through some characters in Death of a Salesman …………………………………………………6 3.1 Willy Loman: an elegy of the American Dream …………………………………6 3.1.1 The Once Disloyal Husband ………………………………………………….6 3.1.2 The Competitive Father ………………………………………………………8 3.2 Howard Wagner: a loser of self-personality ……………………………………..9 3.3 Biff Loman: a continuation of the American Dream …………………………...11 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………...12 PAGE i Abstract Through the analysis of several typical characters in Death of a Salesman, this paper gives some explanations to the tragedy of the American Dream in the drama from the angle of consumer culture. The failure of the American Dream is not just the tragedy of specific individuals, but the tragedy of the whole American Dream in the context of Western consumer culture. It is no longer unbreakable faith that the Americans could be successful and access to money and fame as long as they are industrious enough as they believe in for hundreds of years. With the impact of economic globalization, the Americans begin to pursue individual pleasure and material enjoyment. However, although everyone has the right to follow the trend of consumption, not every