【正文】 指導教師姓名 劉 媛 填表時間： 20xx 年 月 日 擬選 題 目 《嘉里妹妹》的主題研究 The Study of the Theme of Sister Carrie 選題依據(jù)及研究意義 The greatness of a novel lies in that people may find value and charm of the novel from different perspectives in different times. Sister Carrie is such a novel, which provokes attacks on its publication, but finally brings great worldwide fame to Dreiser. Now living in the 21st century, we should approach the novel from a new perspective, opening up possibilities for new readings and new meanings. The protagonists in the novel are living in a changing society at the turn of the 20th century. In this period, America developed at an amazing speed in economy and produced abundant goods. It shifted from a productionoriented society to a consumptionoriented one with the development of industrialization and urbanization. American society put unprecedented emphasis on consumption and propagandized for it with great efforts. The story in the novel took place at the turn of the 20th century when America was experiencing dramatic changes, which would inevitably extend influences on its characters. One of the most important changes the novel illustrates is the transformation of the production fueled economy to that driven by consumption. Reading Sister Carrie with an eye to these cultural and historical contexts can lead to a shock of recognition, for the novel captures the origins of much that we take for granted as familiar, even natural, aspects of modem life. Adopting Baudrillard?s theory of consumerism, this thesis analyses the influence of Consumer Society on characters in the novel and explores the deepseated causes of their changed consumption lifestyle. 選題的研究現(xiàn)狀 Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of the Theo Figure Dresser, the creative type of realism the great American writer, depicts a country girl, holding the dream of “gold rush” into the city life scenarios, in under the influence of this huge money worship and social environment, she was a little shed to innocent, and ultimately successfully, but the beautiful aspects of humanity is gradually lost. Dresser, before the creation of Sister Carrie life has been in a stage of poverty, has a very accurate understanding of the lives of the American underclass, this era the epitome of good works to show, full of realism. The first is the real creative background, after the 18601865 civil war, the merce and industry of the United States the rapid development of immigration policy in order to maintain this custom has been to change the old United States, the United States from an idyllic rural farm country into a industrialized countries. The rise of cities and towns overnight, Chicago is the most prominent, just five years from a small town into a bizarre luxury city, Carrie is in this context like the countless girls, like their homes to go to Chicago has been looking for a way out. in order to integrate into the upper classes of society. Followed by the universal and authenticity of character psychology. Webber said: the frenzy of seeking God?s kingdom of heaven began into sober economic virtue。 luxury clothing can be a luxury. But only by an evil path to arrive. Ideological foundation established in a Calvinist country, until the era of Sister Carrie published all men are guilty, God limited choice of Christ to save limited, favors help obtain, the Saints bless the Puritan constraints are still many modern people in the subconscious, especially around the lives of the majority of women they are gentle lady, a devout Puritan innocence, premarital sex, even if marriage should also threw himself a wife, mother, Preserving Justice and human desires. It should not brazenly indulgent feeling