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1、TheStudyofSisterCarrieBasedonHorace'sDecorumPrinciple英语语言文学（翻译理论与实践）马薇2010110424AbstractTheodoreDreiserisafamousnaturalisticwriter.HisSisterCarrieiswellknownbecauseofhis"survivalofthefittest"theory.Inthisthesis,wewillfocusonthewholebeautyofSisterCarrieandtheducorumprincipleinthecharacterizationofC
2、arrie.BasedonHorace'sducorumprinciple.ChapteronemainlyintroducesTheodoreDreiser,themainplotofSisterCarrie,andHorace'sducorumprinciple.Chaptertwoanalysethewholenessoftheplot,showsakindofunitedbeauty.Inaddition,wealsoimplythedecorumprincipleinthecharacterizationofCarrie，throughthechangeofherlanguage
3、,theprocessofherfromalittlegirltoamaturitywomanisvividlypresented.Keywords:wholebeauty;decorumprinciple;characterization；SisterCarrie1.Introduction1.1IntroductionabouttheAuthorTheodoreDreiserisgenerallyacknowledgedasoneofAmerica'sliterarynaturalists.HewasgreatlyinfluencedbyDarwinist's"survivalofth
4、efittest".Itisnosurprisingtofindinhisfictionalworldajungle,where"killedortobekilled"wasthelaw.Hepossessednoneoftheusualaidstoawriter'scareer:nomoney,nofriendinpower,noformaleducationworthyofanymention,nofamilytraditioninletters.Witheverydisadvantagepileduponhim,Dreiser,byhisstrongwillandhisdoggedp
5、ersistence,eventuallyburstoutandbecameoneoftheimportantAmericanwriters.HeisaprolificwriterandmanyofhisworksarefamiliartoChinesereaders.HisworksincludeSisterCarrie,，NiggerJeff，OldRogaumandhistheresaandsoon.HisgreastWorkisAnAmericanTragedy.Hisfirstnovel,SisterCarrie,publishedin1900,tellsthestoryofaw
6、omanwhofleeshercountrylifeforthecity(Chicago)andtherelivesalifefarfromaVictorianideal.Itsoldpoorlyandwasnotwidelypromotedlargelybecauseofmoralobjectionstothedepictionofacountrygirlwhopursuesherdreamsoffameandfortunethroughrelationshipstomen.Thebookhassinceacquiredaconsiderablereputation.Ithasbeenc
7、alledthe"greatestofallAmericanurbannovels."61.2IntroductionAbouttheStoryDissatisfiedwithlifeinherrural Wisconsin home,18-year-oldCaroline"SisterCarrie"Meebertakesthetrainto Chicago,whereheroldersisterMinnie,andhe
