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1、OntheCausesofJennie’sTragedyinJennieGerhardtContentsIntroduction51CausesoftheTragedyfromthePerspectiveofFreud’sPsychoanalysis191.1TheViewpointofPsychoanalysis191.2Jennie’sPsychology2132CausesoftheTragedyfromthePerspectiveofDarwinism252.1DarwinistAnalysis252.2TheEnvironmentofEarly20thCentury313Causes
2、oftheTragedyfromthePerspectiveofFeminism383.1FeministAnalysis384、3.2Jennie’sFeministThought40Conclusion44Acknowledgement47Bibliography48AbstractInthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury,theAmericanliteraturesteppedontoanewstage,whichisthegoldentimeoftheAmericanliterature.Duringtheseyears,alotofwriterswhof
3、lourishedtheliteraryworldturnedup.AndAmericanliteratureexperiencedanunprecedentedboomingperiodinthehistory.Atthattime,TheodoreDreiserplayedanincomparableroleintheliteraryworld.Heisnotonlythemostoutstandingwriterinthetwentiethcentury,butalsothepioneerofAmericanmodernliterature.InthehistoryofAmericanl
4、iterature,heisthefirstonetodescribethenewcitylifeinAmericanwithoutanyprejudice,whichisthegreatcontributiontoAmericanliterature.Justbecauseofthis,hedrawsmoreandmoreattentionofrecentreaders.JennieGerhardisTheodoreDreiser’ssecondnovel,whichbroughthimfirsttruecommercialsuccess.Ittoldusastoryaboutapoorgi
5、rl’smiserablelifeattheendof19thcentury.Sinceit’spublicationin1911,itwaswellreceivedbycritics.ManypeoplehavemadealotofanalysisaboutthereasonofJennie’stragedy.Sincetheresearchesofbothdomesticandabroadpaycloseattentiononsocietyandclass,whiletheauthorofthepaperwillanalyzeJennie’stragedyfromSpiritualAnal
6、ysis’theory,Social-DarwinismandFeminismunderthebackgroundofthespecialsocialtransformationinAmerica.Atthattime,becauseofsocialtransition,therapideconomicdevelopmentandrapidurbanization,therewereavarietyofsocialproblems.Intheprevailingsocialconditions,socialethicchangesandmoralconfusionmakesJennie’str
7、agedyasocialnecessity.AccordingtoFreud’spsychoanalysistheory,analyzeJennie’spsychologicalprocess.ThisistheoriginofJennie’stragedy.Survivalofthefittest14wasnotonlythecoreandthesoleofDarwinism,butalsoap
