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1、衡水学院毕业论文英文文献翻译学生姓名:系别:中国语言文学系专业:汉语言文学年级:2008级学号:指导教师:衡水学院教务处印制AStudyontheTragicThemeofGrove’sNovelsWangHuaTheNatureofMan’sExistenceAnadaisaprettylargecountrytodespoilintheearly20thcentury.Withthedreamofowningapieceoffertilelandoftheirown,settlersandpromotersflewtotheprairiefromallpar

2、tsofEuropeinanendlessstream.Theearlylifeontheprairiewasextremelyharshandevenunbearable.Man,becauseheisMan,mustconquerwildernessaspartofhisownprocessofself-determination(Keith143).PioneeringintheWestmeantdeprivationandback-breakinglabor.Theseharshcircumstancescombinedwithmen’sdesireto

3、surviveandeventoconquerthelandledtothehardworkofthefirstgenerationofimmigrantsandinternalmigrants.Grovehasalmostincredibleloveandenthusiasmfortheharsh,punishing,desolateManitobaland(Sutherland31).SurvivalistheuniversalthemeGrovewishedtoexamineinhiswritings.RichardB.SeawallassumesinTh

4、eVisionofTragedythat,theessenceoftragicvisionliesinabasicquestion:thequestionofexistence.Whatisthemeaningofexistence?Thetragicvisionregardsmanasanexplorer,inquiringdeeplyintothesourceofexistence(37).Aloneandhelpless,manisconfrontedwithvariouskindsofmysteriousandevilforcesfrominsideof

5、hisnatureandfromtheoutsideworld.Alsoheisfacedwithsuchunavoidablefactsassufferinganddeath.MaxScheleralsostatesinhisOntheTragedythat,themarkedfeatureofthetragicspiritisthatweknowquitewellofthebasicconditionofmankind,thatis,ourabilityisnotequaltoourambition.Nomatterhowhardwetry,ourwill,

6、strengthandimaginationturnouttobeuseless(69).Grovewasanacutestudentofnatureandversedinanthropologyandarchaeology.Hiswritingstylewasadequate.Grove’sperceptionandrepresentationoftheworldcorrespondedtoanabsolute,universaltruth(Kroller160).Healsohasaremarkablestructuralimagination,andwas

7、abletocreatesituationswithinhisnovelsthatcarriedintrinsicemotionalandintellectualimpact.ThereasonsforGrove’sprotagonists’tragedieslielargelyintheconflictbetweenthespiritualandthematerialandtheconflictbetweenindividualsandthesocialandenvironmentalforces.Theconflictbetweenthematerialan

8、dthespiritua