Abstract: Colleen McCullough is an Australian woman writer. Her masterpiece The Thorn Birds is a saga. It tells the life experiences and emotional courses of three generations in Cleary family. This thesis focuses on the analysis of femin...

Abstract: Naturalism refers to a literary movement that emerged in 1890s, and was prevailing in 1990s in Europe and America. It is characterized by the true description of life, the absolute advocating of environmental and hereditary fact...

Abstract:Irony is a common linguistic phenomenon in verbal communication. As a widely used figure of speech,verbal irony has received considerable attention from linguists.The traditional study of verbal irony from rhetorical and aestheti...

Abstract: Multimodal discourse analysis is a tendency of analyzing oral language data internationally, which makes it possible to investigate non-verbal communication in an all-round way. From the view point of Multimodal Discourse Analys...

Abstract: Due to their literary and aesthetic value, Shakespeares Sonnets have always been the focus of scholars from home and abroad. Shakespeare is good at using metaphors. Translation of metaphors in the sonnets is difficult for us. To...

Abstract: Patrick White is an Australian writer who is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. From 1935 until his death, he published 12 novels, two short-story collections and eight p...

Abstract: The Metamorphosis is a representative work of Franz Kafka，with alienation as one of its themes. The novel tells allegorically a story of a man who transformed into a monstrous vermin suddenly. Meanwhile, Kafka created the uniq...

Abstract: This thesis is written with the purpose of exploring the Invisible Mans search for his ethnic identity in the framework of existentialism. It starts with a brief introduction of the author and relevant researches concerning this...

Abstract: Language is the most important tool for people to interact with each other. The listener and speaker can only communicate freely and understand the intension of ones words when in an appropriate context. Context has an effect on...

Abstract: Sexism in English language has improved along with the vigorous development of womens liberation movement since the end of 1960s. But we can also find some phenomena of sexism in English. As a mirror reflecting the society, lang...

Abstract: A Woman on A Roof is written by a famous woman writer Doris Lessing, who tells a story between a woman on a roof and three men on another roof. Generally speaking, the story is about class conflict and gender conflict. However,...

Abstract: Nowadays, with the development of globalization, English has become the most important tool all around the world. It is widely acknowledged that vocabulary plays a significant role in foreign language learning. Whether a second...

Abstract: With the rapid development of globalization, cross-culture communications become more and more frequent, so does the use of English. People who speak English should not only pay attention to the content of what they say, but als...

Abstract: English tense has been one of the main research objects in linguistic and grammatical field. It is a frequently-used strategy to express different emotions or views of the speaker to others. The basic meaning of English tense is...

Abstract: The gender difference in language is a kind of phenomenon that language users show from social, cultural and other aspects. As a common social phenomenon, it is reflected in the language and in the use of language. Further studi...

Abstract：Addressing term is an inseparable part of human verbal communication. One can not only use appellations to call the attention of others, but also to show the relationship between them. Addressing terms are kinds of linguistic r...

Abstract: Alice Walker is an important female writer in contemporary America. She is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet and author of childrens books. Of particular interest to people are her novels which are full of powerful,...

Abstract: The Call of the Wild is known as one of the masterpieces of Jack London, which is recognized as a modern fable and also a representative work of American Naturalism in the 20th century. This thesis, on one hand, analyzes in deta...

Abstract: Emily Dickinson is rich in legendary like her romantic poems. She used to be unknown, but became famous after her death. Because of her unique use of capital letter and dash, she is regarded as poet who is rebellious or revoluti...

Abstract: Thanks to the fast development of science and technology, people from different countries have more communications than ever before. English, known as the world language, plays a key role in international communication. As the b...

Abstract: The Great Gatsby is a masterpiece written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most outstanding American writers in the 20th century. Daisy is the major female character in this novel, and lots of critics consider her as an indiff...

Abstract: Chinese wisecrack is an important part of Chinese culture which formed during the extended history of physical practice and mental cognition. It is widely used in our daily conversations and literature works. It is of great impo...

Abstract: Lady Chatterleys Lover is written by British writer D.H. Lawrence. It describes a womans affairs with her husbands gamekeeper. Connie is the most controversial female figure in this novel. Her pursuit of liberty, selfness and ha...

Abstract: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a masterpiece written by Mark Twain, a great American realistic writer in the nineteenth century. With the antihero image of the protagonist Huckleberry, the novel has been read by generatio...

Abstract: Context plays a vital role in linguistic studies and it has become the necessary condition of understanding and translating word meanings. During these years' English study, I found that students are unable to grasp the exact me...

Abstract: Gish Jen is an outstanding Chinese American female writer in American literary history, who arouses great concern of both American readers and critics. She has published a one short novel and three long novels. They are Whos Iri...

Abstract: Lolita is a masterpiece written by a renowned Russian-born American writer, Vladimir Nabokov and now valued as a classic of contemporary literature. It has been criticized mainly for its ambiguities of morality or authorial posi...

Abstract: Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered to be one of the most influential American romantic novelists in the 19th century. The Scarlet Letter is Hawthornes masterpiece which earns him international fame and secures his position in Ame...

Abstract: Moby Dick, a masterpiece of the famous American writerHerman Melville, was created in 1851, according to his four-year life experiences on the sea. The novel reveals the highly prosperous whaling industry in the United States wi...

Abstract This paper is to analyze the religious phenomenon of Paradise News written by David Lodge who is the famous British Catholic novelist. The first part of this paper introduces the novels historical and social background. Then the...