【正文】 e soul in this materialistic world, gradually being assimilated too pale. in this economic transition, the cultural transformation of society as a whole is “materialized” spirit has been increasingly marginalized in the context, Carrie desire for material under the influence of the mercially highly developed social values, extreme swelling, coupled with the spiritual life of extreme emptiness, only to betray your own soul and body in exchange for the actual material and a life of luxury such as Marx pointed out: “Dialectic of Enlightenment” lower classes to improve the material living standards, the cost is the decline in social status. This is evident in the spirit of continuous vulgarization. The spirit of true merit lies in the on materialized negative. Once the spirit has bee a cultural wealth, for consumption, the spirit will inevitably toward extinction. American critic, nor secret that the choices made by Carrie is because American society, the evil influence of the results, he said: Carrie go is a typical road. That period, the cities to rural areas is a decisive victory. In this period, she left the countryside, seeing they have been thrown into the chaotic world of Chicago. She can be rising。 漢口學(xué)院 本科畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計）開題報告表 院（系）名稱 外 語 學(xué) 院 專業(yè)名 稱 英 語 年 級 20xx 級 學(xué)生姓 名 學(xué) 號 指導(dǎo)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 work