镀金时代中女性玛吉的悲剧

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1、分类号学校代码!Q5丝密级学号201002080846Maggie，sTragedyasaWomanintheGildedAge镀金时代中女性玛吉的悲剧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。一三年五月Maggie，STragedyasaGildedAgebyQingYanfeiSupervisedbyYiYanpingSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollegeInpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsinthesubjecto

2、fEnglishLanguageandLiteratureHunanNormalUniversityChangshaMay,2013㈣3删5删禾删6Ⅲ2洲3川2洲YAbstractBeingaprecursoroftheAmericanNaturalism，StephenCraneisatalentedandinnovativewriterinthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcentury,focusingonthelivingconditionsandspiritualstateofordinarypeople，especiallythepoor

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5、elementsofthenovel，thisthesisfocusesonanalyzingthecharacterMaggiefromacombinedperspectiveofhistoricalcriticismandfeminism，especiallyheridentityasawomantofullycomprehendthereasonsthatleadtoMaggie’Sdeath，eventhetragedyofwomenintheGildedAge．Thispaperconsistsofthreesections：theintroduction，th

6、reechaptersI．Maggie，aGirlofthestreetwillbeabbreviatedtoMaggieforconvenienceintherestpartofthisthesis．andtheconclusion．ThemainbodybeginsfromthespiritualsplitintheGildedAgeMaggie’Smoralitycrisis．Ontheonehand，Maggieisdemandedtostrictlyobeythetraditionaldisciplinessuchaskeepingthepurityasawom

7、an．Ontheotherhand，sheisalluredtothenewlyemergingmoralrulesinwhichsheispermittedtocommitanything．However，Maggieisabandonedbybothsidesfallsintothesplit．ThesecondchapterfocusesonthedisillusionmentofMaggie’SAmericanDreaminmaterialspiritualaspects．Maggieownsanillusorydre