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1、SisterCarrieTheodoreDreiser,borninTerreHaute,Indiana,USA,wasraisedinpovertyandinaGerman-speakingenvironment.HelefthomeforChicagoatage16.AfteraperiodofoddjobsandayearattheUniversityofIndiana,hebecameaMidwesternnewspaperreporterand,inNewYorkafter1894,amagazinefeaturewriter.I
2、n1892,marriedSaraWhite,buttheirmarriagewasn’thappy,sotheyhavebeenseparatedsince1909andneverofficiallydivorcedSisterCarrie(1900),hisfirstandstillhighlyregardednovel,waswithheldfromgeneraldistributionbecauseofitwassupposedamoral,anditscommercialfailureplungedhimintofinancial
3、distressandmentalbreakdown.Somereasonswhichcausedthedifficultiesofpublishcanbeseenfromthesocialbackgroundofthesocietyofthattime.Atthetime,UnitedStatesisexperiencingarapidsocialchange,itwastransformingfromfreecapitalismtransitiontothemonopolycapitalism.ThewholeAmericanliter
4、aturewasindulgedinidealism,manywriterspreferredtodescribetheoptimisticaspectoflife.Thenovelisregardedasentertainmentproducts;worksisfullofillusoryidealandcoveredbyromanticcolor.Theexploiterandexploiteelivedacompletelydifferentlife.Theuglyphenomenoninthesocietywasnotreflect
5、edinliteratureworks.InSisterCarrie,Dreisertruthfullyrevealsthedarksideofthesociallife,andthat’sthereasonwhytheauthorconstantlysufferedfrompersecution.Thenovelshavebeenclassifiedas"banned",andcannotbepublishedintheAmerica.SisterCarrieisaboutayoungcountrygirlwhomovestothebig
6、citywhereshestartsrealizingherownAmericanDream,firstasamistresstomenthatsheperceivesassuperior,andlaterbecomingafamousactress.Ithasbeencalledthe"greatestofallAmericanurbannovels."ThepersonallifeofthewriterhasverycloserelationshipwithhisworkSisterCarrie.Therearesomesimilari
7、tiesbetweentheauthorandtheheroine.First,theheroinewasborninapoorfamilyjustassameastheauthor.That’swhytheauthorcanknowsoclearlyaboutthepsychologicalactivityofthepoorgirlCarrieanddescribeditinsuchdelicatewords.Second,itcanbeseenfromthenovelthattheplacewherethegirlchaseherdre
8、amwasChicago.Theauthoralsohasgonetothesameplacetofulfillhisdream.SohesawwhatCarriesaw.For
