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【正文】 shed . ? In 1911Jennie Gerhardt was published . ? in 1912Sister Carrie was republished. ? A mitted socialist ? on December 28, 1945 in Hollywood, he died, aged 74. Main Literary Works ? Sister Carrie (1900)嘉莉妹妹 ? Jennie Gerhardt (1911)珍妮姑娘 ? Trilogy of Desire (欲望三部曲 ): ? The Financier (1912)金融家 ? The Titan (1914) 巨人 ? The Stoic (posthumously) 斯多葛 ? The Genius (1915) 天才 ? An American Tragedy (1925) 美國(guó)的悲劇 ? Dreiser Looks at Russia 1928 《 德萊賽對(duì)俄羅斯的觀感 》 ﹛ Sister Carrie ? Plots ? Characters ? Themes Plots ? Sister Carrie tells the story of two characters: Carrie Meeber, an ordinary girl who rises from a lowpaid wage earner to a highpaid actress, and Gee Hurstwood, a member of the upper middle class who falls from his fortable lifestyle to a life on the streets. Neither Carrie nor Hurstwood earn their fates through virtue or vice, but rather through random circumstance. Their successes and failures have no moral value。Naturalism amp。 Theodore Dreiser EM0901 徐凡 Naturalism Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from the 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity遺傳 , and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. It was depicted as a literary movement that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism超現(xiàn)實(shí)主義 , in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment. Naturalism is the outgrowth of literary realism, a prominent literary movement in mid19thcentury France and elsewhere. Naturalistic writers were influenced by Charles Darwin39。 this stance marks Sister Carrie as a departure from the conventional literature of the period. Characters ? Carrie Meeber ? Charlie Drouet ? Gee Hurstwood Carrie Meeber ? Caroline (Carrie) Meeber, the protagonist of the novel, travels to Chicago to stay with her sister and her brotherinlaw. The world of Chicago enthralls her, and she constantly wants to buy things. Her first job is a lowpaid, arduous position in a factory. When she loses her job, her sister and brotherinlaw cannot support her, so she bees Charlie Drouet39。 he also promises to marry her, but he never really intends to. He loses Carrie to Hurstwood and then, years later, after she has bee a famous actress, tries unsuccessfully to win her back. Gee Hurstwood Gee Hurstwood is the manager of a saloon in Chicago. At the beginning of the novel, he is a wealthy, important man. He falls in love with Carrie after meeting her through Drouet. He tells Carrie that he loves her, but he fails to mention that he is married. After his wife discovers his affair with Carrie and files for divorce, he steals ten thousand dollars from th
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