Abstract The Grass Is Singing is a book mainly about heroine Marys tragedy. Through the depiction of the distorted human relations between men and women, black and white, rich white and poor white, this paper reveals the main social reaso...

Abstract Gone with the Wind , written by Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, relates the story of a rebellious Georgian woman named Scarlett OHara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum American South, th...

Abstract Pygmalion, the famous play written by George Bernard Shaw, mainly tells a story about how a cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, is transformed into a spiritually independent woman with self-respect. This thesis aims to analyze...

Abstract The Catcher in the Rye, written by Jerome David Salinger, enjoyed an immediate popularity in America soon after its publication. The protagonist Holden Caulfield has been the representative of the Beat Generation in America durin...

Abstract The Thorn Bird, a novel called the Australian Gone with the Wind, mainly depicts love，marriages and lives of the three female generations around the Clearys. This paper begins with a brief introduction to the author and this no...

Abstract This thesis aims to analyze Oscar Wildes subversion of traditional fairy tales in terms of three aspects: portrayal of characters, implication of moral senses, and representation of endings. Id like to use Grimms fairy tales as t...

Abstract The Merchant of Venice, a comedy by Shakespeare, portrays a typical Jew named Shylock in Renaissance period. Most readers believe that Shylock is shrewd and foxy, show sympathy for Antonio and feeling glad to see Shylock publishe...

Abstract Barn Burning, one of William Faulkners best short stories, is mainly about the choice of a ten-year-old boy who struggles in the inner conflict between the nature of justice and the pressure from his father who intends to solve a...

Abstract American dream is a special product of American civilization and has always been one of the most recurring topics in American literature. It mainly refers to everyones right to pursue equality, freedom and happiness. However in d...

Abstract The Cask of Amontillado, one of Edgar Allan Poes most important short stories, is characterized by the unique employment of Gothic features. The story is narrated by Montresor the murderer about the crime he committed to Fortunat...

Abstract Love and marriage are both eternal themes in literature and other forms of art. Historically, in China and America, there are many films concerning this theme, notably, The Joy Luck Club. The film has reflected the differences of...

Abstract The Joy Luck Club, a book mainly about the relationship between mothers and their daughters, is a best-seller in America in the 1980s by a Chinese woman writer, Amy Tan. This paper begins with a general review of the family educa...

Abstract American initiation story, a variant of Bildungsroman, is a literary genre that mainly focuses on the development of the protagonists mind and character. The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is always considered a ty...

Abstract The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrisons first novel. It tells us about a little black girl who yearns for a pair of blue eyes. This thesis tries to analyze the black womens quest for identity in the novel. It is argued that self-recogni...

Abstract A Farewell to Arms, a novel mainly about the theme of war, is a masterpiece of Ernest Hemingway, an outstanding American writer of the 20th century. This thesis begins with a brief introduction to the author and this novel, and t...

Abstract A Rose for Emily is one of the masterpieces of the famous American novelist William Faulkner. A lot of gothic techniques have been adopted by Faulkner in this short fiction to evoke a terrifying and spine-chilling atmosphere to e...

Abstract The Joy Luck Club is the first novel of Amy Tan，a famous Chinese American writer. In the novel, she mainly discusses the relationship between the four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters as well as their m...

Abstract Based on The Hours, this paper introduces the backgrounds, achievements and influence of three high tides of feminism. It also shows the living and spiritual condition of three periods through the analysis of three protagonists c...

Abstract The Woman Warrior, a book which has gained many rewards, is a masterpiece of the famous Chinese American writer Maxine Kingston Hong. This paper begins with a brief introduction to the author and the book, then puts the emphasis...

Abstract Tess of the DUrbervilles, the representative novel of the famous British writer Thomas Hardy, describes the tragedy of a pure and beautiful peasant girl Tess. The paper aims to analyze the influence of the three important male ch...

Abstract Tess of the DUrbervilles is one of the greatest works of Thomas Hardy which depicts a miserable story about the pure country girl Tess who has a tragic fate. Her disastrous life is determined by the writers perspective towards th...

Abstract The Picture of Dorian Gray，a novel mainly about the life and degeneration of a extraordinarily beautiful young man, is a representative work of Oscar Wilde, a famous English wit of the 19th century and the spokesman of aestheti...

Abstract The title of movie Babel comes from the Biblical allusion Tower of Babel. Its a metaphor for communication problems. This thesis tries to interpret the Babel phenomena in the movie. Firstly, by analyzing the conflicts among sever...

Abstract The translation of prose writings is an important part in translation, and it is also difficult to be dealt with. Acknowledge the skill of expressing language functions is of great important in translating famous prose like Moonl...

Abstract The Merchant of Venice is a classic comedy of William Shakespeare, and Shylock, the Jew is the well-known but disputed character in the play. This paper first discusses Shylock as a marginalized man, including traditional view of...

Abstract Rebecca, a masterpiece of the famous British author Daphne du Maurier, shows the growth of a female I and her leader Rebecca. In this novel, the author expresses her contempt of male-dominated society and her critique of English...

Abstract Carson McCullers, one of the most influential writers in America, is an extraordinary woman who leaves us a bundle of splendid novels despite her short and hard life. Writing about outcasts, dreamers and misfits in the Deep South...

Abstract Edgar Allan Poe is an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. He is best known for his mysterious and macabre tales. Poe is one of the earliest American practitioners of short stories and is considered the inventor of...

Abstract Death of a Salesman, the masterpiece of the famous American dramatist Arthur Miller, is a drama mainly about an ordinary salesmanWilly who gradually collapses both mentally and physically and eventually commits suicide under mass...

Abstract Vanity Fair, written by William Makepeace Thackeray, is a critical realistic work, exposing the hypocritical, cruel society of the Victorian age. Thackeray satirized the early 19th-century British society through the most impress...