【正文】 There is a noticeable excitement when Mrs. Archer talks about her son?s marriage. “Even Mrs. Archer, who was seldom unduly pleased with human events, had been altogether glad of her son?s engagement”. “There was no better match in New York than May Welland, dear May is my ideal” (Wharton, 20xx)。 關(guān)鍵詞 : 伊迪絲其次介紹了《純真年代》的時代背景以及主要內(nèi)容梗概。 作 者 簽 名： 日 期： 指導(dǎo)教師簽名： 日 期： 使用授權(quán)說明 本人完全了解安陽工學(xué)院關(guān)于收集、保存、使用畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）的規(guī)定，即：按照學(xué)校要求提交畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）的印刷本和電子版本；學(xué)校有權(quán)保存畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）的印刷本和電子版，并提供目 錄檢索與閱覽服務(wù)；學(xué)校可以采用影印、縮印、數(shù)字化或其它復(fù)制手段保存論文；在不以贏利為目的前提下，學(xué)?？梢怨颊撐牡牟糠只蛉績?nèi)容。 作者簽名： 日 期： I Table of Contents 摘要 ……………………………………………………………………………… III Abstract…………………………………………………………………………… IV Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 1 Chapter 1 Literature Background and Plot Summary …………………… 3 1. 1 The historical background of The Age of Innocence ???????? 3 1. 2 The plot summary of The Age of Innocence ……………………………… 3 Chapter 2 New York Upper Class? Attitudes Towards the Relationship Among the Three Major Characters ………………………… ……………… 5 2. 1 Upper class? attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and May ??????????????????????????? 5 Newland?s attitude towards his relationship with May…………………… 5 May?s attitude towards her relationship with Newland…………………… 6 Ellen?s attitude towards the relationship between Newland and May ??????????????????????????? 7 Relatives and friends?attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and May ……………………………………………………… 7 Upper class? attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and Ellen ……………………………………………………………………… 8 Newland?s attitude towards his relationship with Ellen ……………… 8 Ellen?s attitude towards her relationship with Newland ……………… 9 May?s attitude towards the relationship between Newland and Ellen… 10 Relatives and friends? attitudes towards the retionship between Newland II and Ellen………………………………………………………………… 12 Chapter 3 The Social Features of the “Old New York”…………………… 12 3. 1 The conservatism of “old New York” ?????????????? 12 3. 2 The hypocrisy of “old New York” ??????????????? 13 3. 3 The snobbism of “old New York” ??????????????? 14 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………… 16 Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………… 17 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………… 18 III 分析《純真年代》所反映的“老紐約”社會 摘要 : 伊迪絲小說通過貴族青年紐蘭與埃倫之間的愛情悲劇故事，展現(xiàn)出 19 世紀(jì) 70 年代末紐約上流社會的風(fēng)貌。華頓 老紐約 社會特點(diǎn) IV Analysis of “the Old New York” Society Reflected in The Age of Innocence Abstract: Edith Wharton is one of the most distinguished American women writers in the twentieth century. As a productive writer, she published a great many famous works during her life, among which, The Age of Innocence is definitely the most representative one which can be regarded as the miniature of Wharton?s whole life and contains the essence of her thoughts. It is no exaggeration to say that this novel has made a great contribution to the development of realistic novels. The novel gives first place to the love tragedy between nobleman Newland and Ellen, supplementing by the ups and downs of Beaufort which is the representative of the emerging bourgeois. By plementing each other, they reflect the most typical characteristics of the American upper class after the Civil War. The first part of the paper gives a general introduction of the author— Edith Wharton, and her main works. Chapter 1 is about the historical background and the plot summary of The Age of Innocence. By illustrating the love tragedy between Newland and Ellen, we can see the social customs of the upper class in New York in the late 1870s. In Chapter 2, New York upper class? attitudes towards the relationship among the three major characters will be elaborated. Young gentleman Newland Archer?s contradiction in social responsibility and self freedom and the love with Ellen Olenska。 When May was in the act of announcing her engagement on the Beaufort?s annual ball, “A group of young men and girls were gathered about her, and there was much handclasping, laughing and pleasantry”(Wharton, 20xx). It is quite obvious to see that the upper class show great approval of the couple and wish their bination a lasting happy marriage. When Newland realizes the fact that “New York believed him to be Madame Olenska?s lover”, he feels like “a prisoner in the center of an armed camp”. May plans to hold a farewell party for Ellen which actually is a trick to eliminate Ellen from the tribe with the relatives and friends, but they “pretended to each other that they had never heard of, suspected, or imagined anything, and that occasion of the entertainment was simply May Archer?s natural desire to take an affectionate leave of her friend and cousin”(Wharton, 20xx). At the end of the novel May?s son Dallas judge his parents? marriage as follows “You never did ask each other anything, did you? And you never told each other anything. You just sat and watched each other, and guessed at what was going on underneath. A deafanddumb asylum, in fact!”(Wharton, 20xx). The words from a new generation are bold and unconventional, but they are just accurately cutting to the point. Newland and May?s marriage seems to be enviable and amazing, however, the love between the two is far from true love. Upper class? attitudes towards the relationship between Newland and Ellen Newland?s attitude towards his relationship with Ellen Ellen is also born in New York upper class, but she grows up in France and receives good education and free thought in Europe. Therefore, she h