王爽美國(guó)西部小說(shuō)主題探究

1、天津工業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)論文美國(guó)西部小說(shuō)主題探究（申請(qǐng)文學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位）（騙子的稿件）電話別：外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院專(zhuān)業(yè)：英語(yǔ)學(xué)生：王爽指導(dǎo)教師：劉曉娟職稱(chēng)：副教授天津工業(yè)大學(xué)外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院2017年6月a thematic study of american westernfictiona thesis presented in partial fulfillmentof the requirements forthe degree of bachelor of artswang shuangunder the supervision ofassociate professor liu xia

2、o juanschool of foreign languagestianjin polytechnic universityjune r 2017外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院2013級(jí)本科畢業(yè)論文評(píng)閱表論 文 題 h中 文美國(guó)西部小說(shuō)主題探究英 文a thematic study of american western fiction學(xué)生姓名7牛班級(jí)指導(dǎo)教師評(píng)市項(xiàng)目指標(biāo)滿分評(píng)分選題體現(xiàn)本專(zhuān)業(yè)培養(yǎng)冃標(biāo)，使學(xué)生得到全面訓(xùn)練。題 目大小、難度適中，學(xué)生工作量飽滿，經(jīng)努力能 完成。10冇一定理論意義和實(shí)用價(jià)值1()課題調(diào)研 文獻(xiàn)檢索能獨(dú)立查閱文獻(xiàn)以及從事其他形式的調(diào)研，能較 好地理解課題任務(wù)并提出實(shí)施方案；有分析整理

3、 各類(lèi)信息，從中獲取新知識(shí)的能力。15論文撰寫(xiě)結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，理論、觀點(diǎn)、概念表達(dá)準(zhǔn)確、清晰。1()文字通順，用語(yǔ)正確，基本無(wú)拼寫(xiě)和語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤， 書(shū)寫(xiě)格式符合規(guī)范。10外文應(yīng)用閱讀了該領(lǐng)域的重要文獻(xiàn)，并有有見(jiàn)解的讀書(shū)心 得或文獻(xiàn)綜述。10論文水'卜論點(diǎn)正確，論點(diǎn)與論據(jù)協(xié)調(diào)一致，論據(jù)充分支持 論點(diǎn)，論證過(guò)程有說(shuō)服力。15有必要的數(shù)據(jù)、資料支持，數(shù)據(jù)、資料翔實(shí)可靠， 得出的結(jié)論有可驗(yàn)性。10論文有獨(dú)到見(jiàn)解或有一定實(shí)用價(jià)值。10合計(jì)100意見(jiàn)及建議：評(píng)閱人（簽字）：年 月日contentsacknowledgementsii摘 要ivintroduction1chapter 1 the theme

4、of nomadic life and itsmain writers2li james cooper21.2 willa cather41.3 o.henry4ia eugene manlove rhodes4l5 alfred henry lewis4chapter 2 the theme of ecology and its main writers52.1 jack london52.2 michael blake5chapter 3 the theme of human morality and its main writers63.1 cormac mccarthy63.2 lar

5、ry mcmurtry6conclusion7works cited8acknowledgementsfirst i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor liu xiaojuan who supervises my thesis, for her constructive guidance and patient assistance. the accomplishment of the thesis is attributed to my supervisor elicitation and instru

6、ction. i am greatly impressed by her erudition and kind personalityi should deliver my special thanks to my supervisor liu xiaojuan who gave a lot of suggestions for the selection of the topic.my sincere thanks should also be given to those professors who taught me at tianjin polytechnic university

7、when i studied there for the courses of bachelor degree. they areand they are of great help for me. iiabstractkey words:western novel theme american literature 111關(guān)鍵詞：曲部小說(shuō)主題美國(guó)文學(xué)introductionamerican western novel is an important part of american literature, which is mainly based on the western develo

8、pment of the 19th century, through the depiction of the image of brave and decisive cowboy, with a variety of western scenes filled with fighting scenes and rough complex love story indicating the concerns about conflicts between good and evil. the western novel, which originated from the vast land

9、of the western united states, is closely related to the continuous expansion of american economy, politics, culture and so on. it has a great reader base and embodies the deep feelings of the american people. it largely reflects the american people's character and cultural orientation.although t

10、he western novels have gone through more than 100 years and have adopted a similar plot pattern, yet because of the different times, their themes also show diversity: the concern for nomadic life, the concern for the natural ecology, the concern for human morality. there are some representative writ

11、ers like james cooper, willa cather, o.henry, eugene manlove rhodes, alfred henry lewis, jack london, michael blake, cormac mccarthy, larry mcmurtry who have contributed a lot to each theme through their novels.chapter 1 the theme of nomadic life and its main writersthe early western united states i

12、s a vast undeveloped wilderness, where not only the original indian indigenous people live a “slash and burn cultivation" life, and immigrants westward also needed to stand exposure, deprivation and hunger. therefore, the "nomadic life” has often become a major focus of many novelists prio

13、rity.the early western novels, represented by james cooper's the leather stocking tales series, basically reproduced the woodland life of the american west. it is through the western prairie, the forest life of the subtle description of the reader to understand the indian cultural traditions and

14、 living customs, and then show the immigration culture and the indian culture of the exchange of collision, and later women writer willa cather also described the united states western nomadic life, but compared with the early novels, her works more than a real life and removed the original mystery.

15、in fact, talking about "nomadic life： people will naturally think of the associated "western cowboy” image, because “western cowboy，' is an indispensable part of the american western nomadic life. showing the western american nomadic through the attention to the "western cowboy&qu

16、ot; writers are o.henry, eugene manlove rhodes and others. exactly their work shows the cowboy grazing life: there are both the sheep herd which are difficult to discipline and the wild wolf pugs from time to time, there are occasional rain and hail, as well as the indians ruthless javelin and snipe

17、rs shot. in the face of all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, the cowboy has always been bitter for the music, the spirit of laughing on life, with a positive attitude towards life, win a better life relying on their courageous struggle, fully demonstrated the american people in the western peopl

18、e optimistic attitude towards life.u james cooperin the early western novels, writers were influenced by cooper to a certain extent, especially about the description of the jungle, the british and the british in the colonial expedition. with the deepening of the westward movement, the united states

19、has not satisfied with the territorial development and political independence, but also the pursuit of cultural independence.this period, most of the literary creators still stick to the sovereign country of british literature tradition, while james cooper used the western border development of the

20、united states as the creative material, has created series of novels including the pioneers, the last of the mohicans , the prairie, the path finder and the deerslayer. he not only depicts the rugged wildness of the western border of the united states and the virginity of the virgin forest, but also

21、 in the form of an epic, aims to reproduce the western development of the united states and the nation，s witty brave, helpful, courageous, adhere to justice and other characters, laying the tone of style the final formation of the western novel. he is considered a model of the combination of the eur

22、opean romantic tradition and the unique culture of the american continent, and its works play a bridge role in the transition of literary tradition. especially in the early days of his creation, the united states is facing its crucial development time, the popularity of his works to a large extent s

23、timulates the peopled desire for the mysterious western.james fenimore cooper was born on september 15, 1789 in burlington, new jersey. in 1806 he went to europe as a sailor and joined the navy in 1808, ascending from the naval lieutenant to the captain until retiring in 181la few years of maritime

24、career lay a solid foundation for his later maritime novel creation. once cooper read a british novel for his wife and said he could write something better, the bet actually made this framer who were too lazy to write a letter by himself. coopers fate has fundamentally changed, and finally completed

25、 a long novel precaution in 1820. cooper5s creative inspiration was suddenly inspired, he almost every year to launch a work, and soon became the american literary master.his representative is the the leatherstocking tales, known as the frontier pentalogy. cooper has always insisted on writing, know

26、n as "the originator of american novels” and "one of the worlds great legendary novelists：the episode design and character description of the leather stocking series's "the last of the mohicans" episode design and character description have become a model of many western nove

27、lists imitated late匸 the story took place during the north american colonies war between britain and france for their respective interests. the story describes the crisis of the forest, bloody cruel massacre and the tragic death of the nation. cooper showed the tragic history of the colonial process

28、 in north america, the deep concern of the indians deeply sympathetic by traditional romanticism, the title "the last of the mohicans" itself is with a sad tone. cooper has a hope for the future of north america, predicting the ultimate reconciliation of mankind, and will form an ideal soc

29、iety, but the reality is cruel, under the control of british and french empire the indians finally went to genocide in the tribal conflict, white army encirclement, plague and other disasters. many of cooper's works are enough to show that the pioneer struggles to get rid of the shackles of euro

30、pean tradition and make a unique contribution to the formation of american national literature.after james cooper, o. henry, mark twain, hamlin hannibal garland, willa cather, frederick faust, jack london and others consolidate the status of western novels through a large number of well-known works

31、and make it a literary tradition for centuries.1.2 willa cathero pioneers(1913), my antonia (1918)1.3 o.henry1.4 eugene manlove rhodes1.5 alfred henry lewischapter 2 the theme of ecology and its main writerspeople's material wealth is indeed growing with each passing day. but the natural environ

32、ment in which people live is also suffering from increasing devastation, causing the human once beautiful home was highly damaged. in this case, the western novelists who cherish the ecological consciousness have expressed their strong concern about the natural ecology in their creation.jack london

33、is such a special concern about the natural ecology of the western novelist, his western novel on the one hand through the poetic and delicate language depicting the western natural environment pleasant, expressing the desire for the magical nature, and on the other hand through the ruthless critici

34、sm of human destruction of natural ecological behavior expressing the resistance to human narrow thought, but also expressed the desire for harmony between nature and civilization in the ecological world.2.1 jack london2.2 michael blake與狼其舞chapter 3 the theme of human morality and its main writerswi

35、th the changing social environment, the western novel is no longer confined to the pioneering spirit of the border or the concern of the natural ecology, but turned to a more profound human moral problem, especially since the second world war this theme of the novel in the creation of western novels has become more apparently.3.1 cormac mccarthyno country for old men32 larry mcmurtrylonesome doveconclusionin general, although the western american novels have not been integrated into the mainstream literature of the united sta