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1、TheAnalysisoftheSymbolsofTheodoreDreiser＇sSisterCarrie璺!20o6,Volume4,No.9(SerialNo~6)US-ChinaForeignLanguage,ISSN1539-8080,USATheAnalysisoftheSymbolsofTheodoreDreiser'sSisterCarrieLiMa'EastChinaJiaotongUniversityAbstract:TheodoreDreiserisoneofthemostinfluentialAmericann
2、ovelistsduringthef'n'sthalfofthe20mcentury.HisIn'standoneofthebestnovelsisSisterCarrie.Andthispapergivesabriefanalysisofanillustrationofsymbolism---oneofTheodoreDreiser'swritingskillsappliedinit.Theapplicationofsymbolismprovidessomesuggestiveeffectstothisnovel,thatis,it
3、helpstoestablishtheelements,revealtherealityandstrengthenthetheme.Keywords:Dreiser;SisterCarrie;symbolism1-BriefIntroduetiontoTheodoreDreiserDuringthefirsthalfofthe20century,therearemanyliterarystars,suchasJackLondon,W.C.Faulkner,E.M.HemmingwayandJ.Steinback.Amongthesew
4、riters,TheodoreDreiserisoneofthemostinfluentialnovelists.AlthoughhewasnotawardedwiththeNobelPrizeforliterature,heis"deservedlyregardedasaleadingexponentofnaturalisminAmericanfiction"(Elliot,l99l:l571).andapowerfulwriterwhodescribedthe20centuryAmericavi,,i(1lyandrealisti
5、cally.WiththepublicationofSisterCarriein1900.DreiserbecamethefirstAmericanauthortostepintothe20l"century.rejectingtheoldVictorianmoralityforwhatwasconsideredtobeashockingnewformofdescriptiverealism.HermanTheodoreDreiserwasbominTerreHaute,Ind.,onAugust27,1871.Hewasthenin
6、thofthe10childreninhisfamily.Dreiser'schildhoodwasspoiledbytaefailureofhissuccessfulfather,JohnPaul,themanagerofacoRonmil1.Aseriesofunfortunatehappeningssentthefamilyintopoverty.In1864,themillcaughtfire,andduringthemill'srebuilding,abeamhitJohnPaulonthehead,aninjuryfrom
7、whichheneverfullyrecovered.Afterthat,Dreiser'sfatherbecameextremelyreligiousandwaseasilycheatedbyhisbusinesspartners.Attheageof15,DreisermovedtoChicagowherehefoundworkatmanylow-payingandunrewardingpositions,suchaswashingdishes,clerkinginahardwarestoreandtracingfreightca
8、rs.HisworkinglifewasinterruptedwhenaformerteacherofferedtosendhimtoIndianaUniversityforayear.Duringthistime,Dr
