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1、LayingBaretheDehumanizingForcesinHuman“Progress”—OnVonnegut’sThreeDystopianScienceFictionsbyLiuSiqinUndertheSupervisionofProfessorSongYanfangSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofMasterofArtsSchoolofForeignLanguagesSoochowUniversityMa
2、y2014AcknowledgementsIwouldliketoacknowledgeandextendmysinceregratitudetothosewhohavehelpedmetocompletethisthesis.MygreatestgratitudegoestomysupervisorProfessorSongYanfang,whohasbeenpatientlyguidingandencouragingme,sharinghervaluablethoughtsandofferingmepr
3、acticalsuggestions.Meanwhile,shegivesmeenoughspacetothinkandwriteonmyown,andofferheradviceschapterbychapter.Iamreallygratefulthatevenwhenshehassuchbusyschedules,shecouldsparetimerevisingmydraftwordbyword,lateatnightorearlyinthemorning,togivepromptresponset
4、omesothatIcanwriteon.Withoutherguidanceandinspiration,thecompletionofthethesiswouldnothavebeenpossible.Besides,Iamalsoindebtedtomanyotherteachers,whotakemetotheworldofliterarytheoryandcriticism,includingProfessorWangLabao,whosepassioninEnglishliteratureenl
5、ightensme,ProfessorZhuXinfu,throughwhoseclassIgainedinterestinAmericanliterature,ProfessorFangHong,whohastaughtmeapproachesinpost-colonialcriticismandProfessorJenniferBoyden,whoseclassesandpoemsIadmiregreatly.Certainly,mysincerethanksalsogotomyclassmatesan
6、dfriends,LiuJie,ZhangNaiyue,YuanLongandZhangBenhui.Wediscussedtogetheraboutthewritingofthethesis,andtheirsuggestionsandcommentsturnouttobeuseful.Finally,IwouldliketogivemyspecialthankstomyparentswhohavebeensupportingmesinceIwasborn.Withouttheirsupport,Iwou
7、ldnothavehadtheopportunitytodopostgraduatestudyandwritethethesis.iAbstractKurtVonnegut(1922-2007)isoneofthemostimportantAmericanwritersinthetwentiethcentury.Altogether,hewrotefourteennovels,twocollectionsofshortstoriesandthreenon-fictions.Mostofhisworkssho
8、wconcernsabouthumanityanditsdeteriorationinthemodernworld.Thethreedystopiansciencefictionsexploredinthethesis,PlayerPiano(1952),TheSirensofTitan(1959)andCat’sCradle(1963)arenoexception.Publishedinthe1950sand1
