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1、ThestudyofCarrieMeeber’stwistedAmericanDreamandthewomen’sself-consciousnessinSisterCarrieⅠ.IntroductionTheodoreDreiser’sSisterCarriewaspublishedin1900.ThemaincharacterofthisbookwasCarrieMeeber,whoranawayfromhomeattheageofeighteen.Shehadtypicalcharacteristics
2、oftheAmericanmiddleclass,demandingtochangehereconomicsituationandstatus,pursuingthepersonalityliberation.SisterCarrieremainsvitalformanyreasons:asahistoricalmarkerfortheturnawayfromsentimentality,romance,andmoralrectitudeintheAmericannovelsatthebeginningofth
3、etwentiethcentury;asatextthatinfluencedthesucceedingAmericannovelistsoverthenextseveraldecades;andasaconundrumthatneverceasestoprovokedebateforreadersbothgeneralandprofessional.WhilethefirsthalfofthetwentiethcenturyproducedadiverserangeofcriticalopinionsonSi
4、sterCarriebyreviewersandessayists,thesecondhalfwitnessedanabidingargumentwithinacademiaregardingthequality,value,importance,andinterpretationofthetext.Thisnovelmadethevolatilityoftheperiodconcrete,vivid,andunforgettablebyregisteringitseffectonindividuallives
5、.Thesweepingchangesregisteredinthenovelweretheeconomy'sshiftingfromanagriculturaltoanindustrialbase,theerosionoftraditionalvaluesfollowingtheDarwinianrevolution,andthechangingrelationsofmenandwomen.ThisthesisreanalyzesSisterCarriefromanewangle,thatis,thetwis
6、tedAmericanDreamandwomen’sself-consciousnessdisplayedinthenovel,whichwillhelpinvokereaders’considerationsoverDreiser’snaturalism.WhatisthetwistedAmericanDream?HowisCarrie’sself-consciousnessawakened?WhatistheinnerrelationshipbetweenAmericanDream,woman’sself-
7、consciousness,andDreiser’snaturalism?InAmericanliterature,thereisareappearingtheme,AmericanDream,withdifferentmanifestationindifferentperiodsoftime.Firstofall,thewriterwillfocusonthetwistedAmericanDream,whichiscausedbythecruelsocialbackgroundatthattimeandthe
8、twistofCarrie’sinfinitedesireandherwrongviewsofvalue.Thenthethesiswillproceedtoexpoundtheawakeningwomen’sself-consciousnessinSisterCarrie.Carrie’sself–consciousnessembodiesthepropertiesofNewWoma
