寻求本真之行

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1、！！項士学位办丈寻求本真之行：对《店员》中弗兰克的存在主义解析学科专业英语语言文学学位类别口科学学位□专业学位研究生姓名刘丹导师姓名、职称蒋慧副教授论文编号湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二一三年五月分类号密级学校代码学号寻求本真之行：对《店员》中弗兰克的存在主义解析研究生姓名刘丹指导教师姓名、职称蒋慧副教授学科专业英语语言文学研究方向英美文学湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二〇一三年五月InSearchofAuthenticity:AnExistentialistAnalysisofFrank

2、inTheAssistantByLiuDanUndertheSupervisionofAssociateProfessorJiangHuiSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollegeOfHunanNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofMasterofArtsintheSubjectofEnglishLanguageandLiteratureChangsha,HunanMay,201

3、3AbstractBernardMalamud(1914-1986)wasknownasawriterwiththestrongestJewishflavor.HissecondnovelTheAssistant,oncepublishedin1957,broughthimfameandfortune.Atthesametime,thisnovelattractedworldwidescholars'attention.However,theirfocuswasmainlyon

4、thesufferingandstrugglesoftheJewishcharactersandFrank'smoralregeneration.OnlyseldomhasanalyzedtheprotagonistinthelightofExistentialisttheories.Inspiredbytheexistingscatteringarticles,thisthesisismeanttoexploreFrank'sauthenticityques

5、t.Thisthesisisdividedintothreeparts,includingtheintroduction,thebodyandtheconclusion.TheintroductionpartgivesageneralreviewoftheliteraryachievementofBernardMalamudandTheAssistant,introducesrelevantExistentialismtheoriesandpresentsthethesisstructure.C

6、hapteronemainlydiscussestheenvironmentsFrankisinonhiswaytowardsauthenticity.Inthisnovel,Frankwassurroundedbyabsurdsocialvalueorientation,irrationalethnicprejudiceandhisexistentcontradictorycharacteristics.Thiskindoffixedandirresistibleoutsideenvironm

7、entconfusedFrank'sworldviewandimposedrestrictionsonFrank'squestofauthenticexistence.ChaptertwodiscussesthreekindsofanxietiesexperiencedbyFrank,whicharealsoincentivesinFrank'sauthenticityquest.Accordingtoexistentialists,huma

8、nbeings,ontheirwaytowardsauthenticself-discovery,mayexperienceseriousanxiety,whichencouragesindividualstoparticipate