Sister Carrie, an Adherent of Desires |
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引用本文: | 裴水妹. Sister Carrie, an Adherent of Desires[J]. 华章, 2007, 0(11): 196 |
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作者姓名: | 裴水妹 |
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作者单位: | 厦门大学,福建,厦门,361005 |
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摘 要: | Sister Carrie is one of the most controversial characters in American literature.Thought as a "fallen woman" firstly,she was defined as a "new woman" by some critics later. However, by digging into the motivaton behind the whole process of Carrie's "success", the relationship between Carrie and her creator (the author), the social conditions of then American, it can be found that Carrie has never been free-standing on her thought and she has never found her real-sdf even after becoming a famous actress. In a society dominated by mass consumerism Carrie is only an adherent of her own desires. She also is a representative of all those country girls flooded into cities, a symbol and a sacrifice of the urbanization of America in a time countryside was overcome by cities.
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关 键 词: | SISTER Carrie Freudian Theory Mass Consumerism |
文章编号: | 1009-5489(2007)11-0196-01 |
修稿时间: | 2007-10-22 |
Sister Carrie, an Adherent of Desires |
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Abstract: | Sister Carrie is one of the most controversial characters in American literature.Thought as a "fallen woman" firstly,she was defined as a "new woman" by some critics later. However, by digging into the motivaton behind the whole process of Carrie's "success", the relationship between Carrie and her creator (the author), the social conditions of then American, it can be found that Carrie has never been free-standing on her thought and she has never found her real-sdf even after becoming a famous actress. In a society dominated by mass consumerism Carrie is only an adherent of her own desires. She also is a representative of all those country girls flooded into cities, a symbol and a sacrifice of the urbanization of America in a time countryside was overcome by cities. |
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Keywords: | Sister Carrie Freudian Theory Mass Consumerism symbol urbanization America time countryside representative girls flooded cities society mass social conditions author relationship creator success process However defined |
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