浅谈欲望驱动下的嘉莉妹妹.doc

毕业论文
院别外国语学院
系别英语系
专业英语(师范)
年级 2010
学生姓名
学号 201024061723
论文题目浅谈欲望驱动下的嘉莉妹妹
指导教师
完成时间 2014 年 5 月
肇庆学院教务处制
Sister Carrie, Driven By The Desire
A Thesis
Submitted to the School of Foreign Languages of
Zhaoqing University
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
By
Supervisor:
May 2014

Abstract
By telling the story of Carrie’s process of actualization from a penniless girl to an elegant woman, Theodore Dreiser essfully draws out a vivid picture of 19th-century America. Driven by endless desires, Carrie pays a heavy price for this so-called ess—she breaks all ties with her family and betrays the men whom she thinks she has loved. What's pathetic is that after she has achieved all the forts she has dreamed for, she still remains unhappy and will always be unhappy. Therefore, this thesis mainly applies the theory of psychoanalysis of Maslow's hierarchy of needs to study the tragic fate of Carrie. When climbing up the ladder of the upper strata, Carrie does not win her dreaming happiness, only to suffer from endless hopelessness and mental torture.
Keywords: desire; hierarchy of needs; tragedy
内容摘要
19世纪末20世纪初的美国正处在社会变革的历史时期,工业化的出现让美国人们经历了社会生活层面和价值取向方面的巨大变革。故事讲述了农村少女嘉莉妹妹如何从社会底层跻身纽约城百老汇舞台的经历, 成功绘就了一幅十九世纪美国社会的时代画卷。在无止尽的欲望驱动下, 嘉莉盲目地追求物质,不择手段地追求成功,并且背叛了她以为她爱的人,为此付出了沉重的代价。本文主要运用心理分析理论中的马斯洛的需要层次理论来阐述小说主人公嘉莉妹妹的悲剧性,当嘉莉一步步地爬上社会阶梯顶端时,她却没有收获到快乐,回报她的只是无尽的迷茫与挣扎。
关键词:欲望;需要层次理论;悲剧

Acknowledgements
On pletion of my thesis, I should like to express my deepest gratitude to all whose kindness and advice have made this work possible.
Firstly, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my supervisor, Enping Tang. Thanks for her constant encouragement and guidance, I plete all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. I am deeply grateful of her help in pletion of this thesis.
Secondly, I should give my hea