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1、iiiMODERNTRAGICSPIRITINO’NEILL’STHEEMPERORJONESByHaoYanUnderthesupervisionofProf.HongZengliuAthesisSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtstotheSchoolofForeignStudiesAnhuiUniversityApril2008iiiAcknowledgementsIhavemanypeop
2、letothankforthelearningexperienceinAnhuiUniversityandformakingthecompletionofmythesispossibleinduetime.Firstandforemost,Iwouldliketoexpressmydeepestandwarmestgratitudetomysupervisor,ProfessorHongZengliu,forhisvaluableadviceandinsightfulguidanceduringmyth
3、esiswritingaswellastheentireprocessofmystudy.HealwaysoffersmeconstructivesuggestionsandgivesmeencouragementwheneverIhavedifficulties.Withouthisconsistenthelp,thisthesiswouldnothavecometothepresentform.IalsofeelgreatlyindebtedtoallmyteachersintheSchoolofF
4、oreignStudies:Prof.ChenZhengfa,Prof.HuaQuankun,Prof.ChenBing,AssociateProf.QiTao,Prof.ZhuXiaomei,Prof.ZhuYue,andProf.ZhouFangzhu,aswellasalltheotherfacultymembersoftheEnglishDepartment,fortheirenlighteninglecturesfromwhichIhavebenefitedalotformythesisand
5、academicresearch.Thesedearestteachers‟painstakingcultivationandprofoundknowledgeimpressmedeeplyandwillcontinuetoexertgreatinfluenceonmyfuturestudyandteaching.Thankswillalsobeextendedtoallmyfellowstudentsfortheirgeneroushelpandmyfamilymembersfortheirunder
6、standingandsupportingthroughoutthewritingofthisthesis.ivAbstractEugeneO‟Neill(1888-1953)isunquestionablyregardedasoneofthegreatestmastersoftheatretheU.S.haseverproduced.HewonthePulitzerPrizeforDramafourtimes(BeyondtheHorizon(1920);AnnaChristie(1922);Stra
7、ngeInterlude(1928);andLongDay’sJourneyIntoNight(1957)),andwastheonlyAmericandramatistevertowinaNobelPrizeforliterature(1936).O‟Neillisaveryresourcefulandproductivewriter,yieldingmorethan40playsofvariouslengthsduringhislifetime,manyofwhichhavebecometheate
8、rmilestones.TheEmperorJonesisO‟Neill‟sfirstforayintoexpressionisticwriting.Itisaneight-scenetragedysetinaWestIndianisland,tellingthehorrifyingstoryofaself-proclaimedemperorbeingoverthrownbytheaboriginals.Basedonthetheories
