The Stand Diss

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1、StandingUpWithTheKing:ACriticalLookAtStephenKing'sEpicbyJeniferMichelleD'EliaAdissertationsubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofDoctorofPhilosophyDepartmentofEnglishCollegeofArtsandSciencesUniversityofSouthFloridaMajorProfessor:PhillipSipiora,Ph.D.MichaelClune,Ph.D.Ja

2、yHopler,M.F.A.PatRogers,Ph.D.DateofApproval:November9,2007Keywords:American,Formalist,Horror,PopularCulture,TheStand©Copyright2007,JeniferMichelleD'EliaUMINumber:3306839UMIMicroform3306839Copyright2008byProQuestInformationandLearningCompany.Allrightsreserved.Thismicroformeditionisprotected

3、againstunauthorizedcopyingunderTitle17,UnitedStatesCode.ProQuestInformationandLearningCompany300NorthZeebRoadP.O.Box1346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346DedicationToLarryUnderwood,forshowingthatit’snevertoolatetoknitaspineandStand.TableofContentsAbstractiiiChapterOne:Introduction1HorrorFiction:Red-Hai

4、redStep-childofFiction14KingCriticism:OrLackThereof23TheStand28TheTolkienConnection36ChapterTwo:TheSet-up44SmallTownAmerica45TheMilitary5199.4%Communicability58TheMedia64ChapterThree:ThePlayers68OrdinaryPeopleCanMakeaDifference69SmallTownMaine:King’sSpecialty73AmericanNiceGuy79APawnintheHa

5、ndsofProvidence89HumanNature93TheSanctityofInnocence99IntellectGoneAwry102Self-fulfillingProphecy105ForEveryVillainaRightHandMan108EvilAlwaysUndoesItself112IntheHandsofaDemandingGod114AmericanEvil116ChapterFour:TheBigPicture119Goodvs.Evil:DreamaLittleDream119TheProblemofChoice:Predestinati

6、onorPoorJudgment?125TheStand:It’sthethoughtthatcounts127TheRighttoGovern131Hopevs.Despair:“Dopeopleeverreallylearnanything?”136ChapterFive:TheNittyGritty139WritingStyle:“TheProseisUndistinguished”139GenreChoice:Todayisagooddaytoendtheworld?141PopularAppeal:TheKissofDeath?144iChapterSix:Con

7、clusion147WorksCited150AbouttheAuthorEndPageiiStandingUpWiththeKing:ACriticalLookatStephenKing’sEpicJeniferM.D’EliaABSTRACTInthisdissertation,itismyintentiontoshowhowStephenKingtranscendsgenre,createsandmaintainsaviableSecondaryReality,andtreatscapablythoselit