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1、上海交通大学硕士学位论文经典重写——唐纳德·巴塞尔姆《白雪公主后传》个案研究姓名:陈玉平申请学位级别:硕士专业:英语语言文学指导教师:胡全生20080117摘要关键词:唐纳德·巴塞尔姆;《白雪公主后传》;经典;重写;后现代iiiABSTRACTABSTRACTAsthe“fatherofthenewgenerationofpostmodernismwriters”,DonaldBarthelmerankstopamongmostinfluentialpostmodernismwriters.In1972hear
2、rivedathisliteraryprimebywinningtheNationalBookAwards.Barthelme’srepresentativeworkSnowWhiteisthemodernversionoftheGrimm’scanonicalfairytaleSnowWhiteandSevenDwarves,andsuccessfullyincorporatestypicalpostmodernismtechniques.ThisthesisattemptstoapproachBarthel
3、me’sSnowWhitefromapostmodernismperspectivebyaddressingitssalientfeaturesofanti-traditionalcharacterrevisionaswellasmassiveusageofpostmodernismtechniques.Thepost-WorldWarIIageaboundsinreconstructingandrewritingworks,especiallypopulararetherewritingofcanonical
4、fairytales.Nevertheless,theriseofcanonrewritingdatesbacktoasearlyasthe1960s,whenRonaldBarthelme,thetypicalpostmodernist,publishedhismilestone-likenovelSnowWhite,aparodyofGermanGrimms’SnowWhiteandSevenDwarfs.Barthelme’sSnowWhiteformssharpcontrasttotheoriginal
5、fairytale,provokesdeepthoughtsfromreadersandthusisenlistedintobestcanon-rewritingnovels.AcanonrewritingviewofBarthelme’sSnowWhiteisessentiallyinnovativeandimportanttoliteraryresearch.Hence,thisthesisseeksasanexplorationtofulfillthemission.Altogetherthethesis
6、iscomposedofsixchapters.Thefirstchapterservesasanintroduction,whichincludesthesignificanceoftheresearch,thestructureofthethesisandanoteonvocabulary.ThesecondchapterexplainsthedefinitionsofcanonandcanonrewritingaswellasintroducesGrimm’sSnowWhiteandSevenDwarve
7、sasaliterarycanon.Inchapterthree,IexpandtoillustrateDonaldBarthelmeandhisSnowWhitewithmostspacedevotedtohiswritingtechniquefeatures.Ofsameimportancearetheliterarycriticismstowardshisepoch-makingwork.Chapterfour,acasestudyofcanonrewriting,isthefocusofmythesis
8、.WherebyIanalyzeBarthelme’sSnowWhitefromapostmodernismperspective,castinglightontheanti-traditionalcharacterizationofSnowWhite,PaulandthesevendwarvesandtheivABSTRACTsharpcontractbetweenthelackin