现代西方社会的疾病——从疾病隐喻角度解析《长夜漫漫路迢迢》

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1、i现代西方社会的疾病——从疾病隐喻角度解析《长夜漫漫路迢迢》IllnessesinModernWesternSociety—AnAnalysisofLongDay’sJourneyintoNightfromthePerspectiveofIllnessasMetaphor作者姓名：陶海燕学位类型：学历硕士学科、专业：英语语言文学研究方向：英美文学导师及职称：林玉鹏教授合肥工业大学2013年3月iiiiM.A.ThesisIllnessesinModernWesternSociety—AnAnalysisofLongDay’sJourneyinto

2、NightfromthePerspectiveofIllnessasMetaphorByTaoHaiyanSubmittedinPartialFulfillmenttotheRequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofArtsinEnglishLanguageandLiterature(OnEnglishLiterature)UndertheSupervisionofLinYupengPostgraduateProgramSchoolofForeignStudiesHefeiUniversityofTechnologyMa

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5、esis.Finallymyspecialgratitudegoestomyfamilyfortheirunswervingencouragement.iAbstractEugeneO'NeillisthegreatestAmericandramatist.LongDay’sJourneyintoNightishisautobiographicalwork,onceregardedas"thebestAmericantragedy".Throughthedetaileddescriptionofaseriesofeventswhichoccurr

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7、.AmericanauthorandcriticSusanSontagpointedoutinIllnessasMetaphor:Themetaphorandmythsofillnesscankillpeople(Sontag98).Illnessitselftorturesmindandbody,thesymbolicmeaningthatmetaphoradherestoillnessgivesmorepressure.ThoughtherearelotsofstudiesofLongDay,therearefewarticleswhicha

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