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1、分类号学校代码OntheThemeofMemoryinAlmanacoftheDead论《死者年鉴》中的记忆主题研究生姓名指导教师姓名、职称学科专业研究方向湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二0一一年五月OntheThemeofMemoryinAlmanacoftheDeadbyHeZixiSupervisedbyAssociateProfessorLongJuanSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollege．InpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMa

2、sterofArtsinthesubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureHunanNormalUniversityChangshaMay'2011AbstractLeslieMarmonSilkoisanoutstandingNativeAmericanfemalewriter．AlmanacoftheDeadishersecondnovelafterthepublicationofCeremony．Inthisnovel，SilkoshowsherconcernovertheissueofNativ

3、eAmericans’memory．AndshegivesavividpresentationofNativeAmericans’memory,includingtheWhites’five-hundred-yearbrutalcolonization，NativeAmericans’resistance，andmagnificentculturesofNativeAmericans．ThesememoriesarethepreciousspirituallegacyofNativeAmericans，whichstimulatet

4、hemto．findtheirpositioninthemilieuwheretheWhites’cultureisheldasthemainstream．SilkoindictstheWhites’five．hundredyearcolonizationofNativeAmericans，andshedisclosesthenegativeimpactoftheWhites’culturalaggressiononthememoryofNativeAmericans．SheappealsthatNativeAmericanssho

5、uldnotlosetheirmemoryundertheimpactoftheWhites．Inordertoalleviatetheirmemorycrisis，NativeAmericansshouldapplystrategiestosustainandconveytheirnationalmemory．Thisthesisiscomposedofthreepans：theintroduction，thebodyandtheconclusion．Thebodyofthethesisincludesthreechapters．

6、TheintroductorypartgivesabriefintroductiontoLeslieMarmonSilkoandthesignificanceofAlmanacoftheDead．Thenthereisaliteraturereviewonthenovelandabriefintroductiontotherelatedtheoriesappliedinthisthesis．Finallytheaimandstructureofthisthesisareillustrated．ChapterOnefocusesont

7、heissueofmemoryasathemeinAlmanacoftheDead．Firstall，NativeAmericans’consciousnessmemoryisillustrated．ThenNativeAmericans’memoryisanalyzedbyapplyingMauriceHalbwachs’Stwoconceptions--‘individualmemory'’and“collectivememory’’—andtherelatedtheories．ChapterTwoanalyzesNativeA

8、mericans’memorycrisisinAlmanactheDend。Inthebeginning，thischaptershowsthemanifestationNativeAmericans’memorycrisis：Nat