Abstract Sons and Lovers written by David Herbert Lawrence mainly tells a story about the emotional entanglement among the male protagonist Paul and three female protagonists ── Mrs. Morel, Miriam and Clara. The three female protagoni...

Abstract Edgar Allan Poe, a well-known American poet, short novelist and literary critic in the 19th century, has been worldly recognized as the master of short stories, forerunner of American detective stories and father of science ficti...

Abstract Young Goodman Brown, known as the heart of the fable, is a famous short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the outstanding representatives of American Romanticism. Throughout the whole story, lots of symbols are used to...

Abstract Ernest Hemingway is an outstanding modern novelist in the 1920s and one of the representatives of the Lost Generation. His distinctive writing style characterized by economy and understatement, influenced the 20th-century fiction...

Abstract The Great Gatsby is a masterpiece of the famous American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. This paper begins with a brief introduction to the author and this novel, then makes a detailed analysis of manifold functions of the scene of...

Abstract The Old Man and the Sea, a novel mainly about the theme of the fighting spirit, is a masterpiece of Ernest Hemingway, an outstanding American writer of the 20th century. This thesis begins with a brief introduction to the author...

ABSTRACT Salon was a social and artistic activity, usually held by a hostess for entertainment or education. Firstly, by socializing with people in the salon, upper-class women obtained new information. In patriarchy society, women were c...

ABSTRACT This paper first analyzes Shylocks main characteristics, including cruelty, miserliness and vengeance. The second part analyzes the causes from three aspects: the ritual murder legend, racial discrimination and religious persecut...

ABSTRACT As an influential masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre succeeded in shaping the figure Jane Eyre, who bravely struggles for freedom, happiness and equality of personality. At the same time, another characterBertha Mason has...

Abstract A Rose for Emily is one of the most famous short stories of William Faulkner, and the most popular literary work in the world as well. The story is set in the town of Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County, the center of Faulkners myt...

Abstract The Black Cat, a representative work of Edgar Allan Poes short stories, is fraught with his unique application of Gothic writing features. The story is narrated by the hero, also the murderer, about the crime he has committed to...

Abstract The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, narrated by the protagonist, Huck, depicts the southern society of the United States before the Civil War. As one of the classics of American initiation stories, this novel not only corresponds...

Abstract The feminist consciousness is concretely reflected in the three female protagonists Elizabeth, Charlotte as well as Jane, which is manifested in their distinct personalities, different attitudes towards marriage and different vie...

Abstract Love of Life, an outstanding short story created by the famous American writer Jack London, mainly tells a story about a gold prospectors hard survival ordeal from the wilderness. Through a detailed analysis of the protagonists u...

Abstract Invisible Man, the most important work of Ralph Ellison, is regarded as one of the American classics and an epic which reflects the modern African-American life, and it shows the narrators process of searching for self-identity....

Abstract Northanger Abbey, one of Jane Austens most important works, is characterized by the unique employment of postmodern narrative techniques like parody and metafiction. This paper inquires how Northanger Abbey is manipulated as a pa...

Abstract The Great Gatsby, one of Francis Scott Fitzgeralds most important novels, laid foundation of Fitzgeralds status in American modern literature. This paper is a detailed study of how the consuming culture of the American 1920s is r...

Abstract Norman Mailer is an innovator of the nonfiction novels. In his nonfiction novel The Executioners Song, he created a typical American existentialistGilmore. Gilmores psychological characteristics and antisocial violence highly ref...

Abstract Toni Morrison applied varied narrative strategies in Beloved to form intricate structure and convey profound theme, which makes the novel a masterpiece of narration and a textbook of literary skills. The thesis tries to reveal ho...

Abstract Sister Carrie, a novel mainly about the degeneration and success of a beautiful young girl who comes from the village, is a representative work of American naturalist Theodore Dreiser. This paper begins with a brief introduction...

Abstract The Sun Also Rises describes a group of young Englishmen and Americans wandering about in Paris and Spanish bullrings and don't want to go back to their hometown after the First World War. They spend all the day in love and sex i...

Abstract Winesburg, Ohio, one of Andersons great works, deals with the spiritual crisis experienced by the people in extreme isolation in a Midwest town in Winesburg. This paper studies the employment of symbols in short stories collected...

Abstract Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens first social novel, and it is also the representative of his early works. Because of the background of his time and his personal experience, Dickens, as a critical realist, filled the novel with hi...

Abstract Sons and Lovers is regarded as David Herbert Lawrences autobiographical novel. It tells us a story about the life of the Morels during the period of industrial evolution, especially about the life path of Paul. This thesis explor...

Abstract Pride and prejudice is one of the most representative works of Jane Austen, a great novelist in the 18th century. In this novel, the author mainly depicts four kinds of marriages; they are Lydias ridiculous marriage, Charlottes r...

Abstract The Harry Potter Series, published since 1997, are characterized by a typical presentation of good and evil, which is a traditional category of binary opposition. This paper will analyze how the binary oppositions of the good and...

Abstract Ernest Hemingway played a very important role in the history of the 20th century American literature. A Farewell to Arms, one of his masterpieces, is widely accepted as a representative work with a strong sense of tragic consciou...

Abstract A Rose for Emily is one of the most successful short stories written by William Faulkner that describes a miserable life of an eccentric spinster named Emily Grierson. A Rose for Emily reflects almost all Faulkner's writing skill...

Abstract J. D. Salinger is an influential writer in the post-war American literature. The Catcher in the Rye, the only novel of J. D. Salinger, experienced a long time to get its fame. In The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger depicted th...

Abstract Advertisement is equipped not only with the persuasion function but also with the social interaction function as a prevailing and efficient kind of medium. This thesis discusses the FAMILY public service advertisement from the pe...