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1、MASTERTHESISAPostcolonialInterpretationofJoeChristmas’IdentityinLightinAugustEnglishLanguageandLiteratureAreaForeignLanguagesSchoolZhejiangUniversityofFinanceandEconomicsSubmittedbyZhuYueSupervisor:ProfessorZhangRuwenDecember,2014浙江财经大学硕士学位论文ABSTRACTWilliamFaulknerisoneofthegreate
2、stwritersinthe20thcentury.AsaleaderofAmerican“SouthernRenaissance”,hewontheNobelPrizeofliteraturein1949for“hispowerfulandartisticallyuniquecontributiontothemodernAmericannovel”.(Faulkner,1949)LightinAugustisoneofhismasterpieceswhichexploremoralthemesrelatedtothedeclineoftheoldSout
3、h.Thisthesisprimarilyconcentratesonhard-to-defineidentityoftheprotagonist—JoeChristmaswiththeapplicationofthepost-colonialisttheory.Identity,fromtheperspectiveofpost-colonialism,isadynamicprocessofconstructioninvolvedwithhistoricalandsocialelements.Itisneithernaturalnorstable,buti
4、nventedandconstructedoutside.Inthenovel,JoeChristmasisregardedasamulattosuspectbecauseofhisbirthriddle,despitethefactthatthereisnoclearevidenceabouthisuncertainty.Cagedwithintheracism-rootedsouthernsociety,Joe’suncertainidentitysetshimontothetragiclife,forthisambiguityitselfisathr
5、eattothestabilityofthecommunity.Ontheonehand,Joeisintheendlesspursuitofhisownidentityundertheinfluenceofsociety.Heissoobsessedwithlocatinghisownpositionandseekingthesenseofbelongingthathecannotfindpeaceindeepheart.Itturnsoutthatallhiseffortsfail,withoutsatisfactoryconsequences.Ina
6、certainsense,Joecreatesthepredicamentforhimself.Havingfailedtoapplythestrategyofhybridityinpost-colonialismtofightbackthesociety,Joeisdoomedtobeostracizedandabandonedbythemainstreamwhitesociety.Heislikearoundpeginasquarehole,waveringbetweenthewhiteandtheblackcommunityallhislifetim
7、e.Ontheotherhand,thewholesocietyiskeentopindownJoe’sclearidentityinhisownwill,regardlessofJoe’sintention.Inahierarchicalsociety,itistheracialprejudiceanddifferentsocialpowersthatcreateandconstructJoeasapartnigger.TherearefourchaptersinthethesisbesidesIntroductionandConclusionparts
8、.ChapterOneistheliteraturereviewo
