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1、ClassifiedIndex:CODE:10075U.D.C:NO:gxjs08139ADissertationfortheDegreeofM.ArtsAQuestforIdentity—AnExplicationofTheShippingNewsasanInitiationStoryCandidate:ZhangMingjieSupervisor:Prof.QinMingxiaAcademicDegreeAppliedfor:MasterofArtsSpecialty:EnglishLanguageandLiteratureUniversity:HebeiUn
2、iversityDateofOralExamination:June,2013AbstractAbstractAnnieProulxisacontemporaryAmericannovelistandthefirstfemalewriterwhowonthePEN/FaulknerAward.Hersecondnovel,TheShippingNews,waspublishedin1993andwonProulxaPulitzerPrizeforFictionandtheNationalBookAwardthesameyear.Herquickascentinli
3、teraryworldarousedaparadeofcritics‟attentionfromperspectivessuchasfemalewriting,ecologicalliteratureandecologicalliteraturecriticism,symbolism,regionalism,andsoon.ThisthesisanalyzesTheShippingNewsfromaninitiationstoryperspectiveaimingatabetterunderstandingofthenovel.Initiationstorymai
4、nlyfocusesonthemaincharacters‟initiationexperience,describingobjectivelytheethical,psychological,andemotionalperplexityoftheyouth,andemphasizingapositiveguidancetothegrowing-ups.Asisknowntoall,AnnieProulx,justlikeRobertFrostthefamouspoet,gainsherfameonlyafterfiftyyearsold,herownexperi
5、encemakessurelyawonderfulinitiationstory.Aseriesofin-personjourneystoNewfoundlandmakeProulxfallforthemarvelouslandscapes,aswellasthebriefnessandtoughnessoftheresidents.HerowninitiationandloveforNewfoundlandcreatesQuoyleandTheShippingNews,andencouragesmore“Quoyle”toquestforhisidentity.
6、Thisthesisconsistsoffivechapters:ChapteroneintroducestheconnectionbetweenAnnieProulx‟sTheShippingNewsandAmericaninitiationstoryandexplainsthefeasibilitytoanalyzethisnovelfromtheperspectiveofinitiation,thenintroducestheresearchbackgroundandthesubjectofthisthesis.Chaptertwoexplainswhatp
7、redicamentisinaninitiationstoryandthepredicamenttheprotagonistsuffersinbothhisfamilylifeandcareerlife.Chapterthreeexplorestheinitiationjourneyinwhichtheprotagonistquestsforhissocialidentitybyanalyzingthefunctionoftheguidesandcompanionsalongwithhim.Chapterfourindicatestheprotagonist‟ss
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