浅析嘉莉·米贝的爱情观_英语论文

The Analysis of Carrie Meeber’s View on Love 

摘要

《嘉莉妹妹》是20世纪著名的自然主义小说家赛奥多·德莱赛的第一部小说。它讲述了年轻的乡村女孩嘉莉·米贝如何从社会底层成为百老汇当红女星的故事,生动地描绘了嘉莉·米贝的生存状态。本篇论文从家庭因素、社会环境和自身欲望三个方面简要地对嘉莉·米贝的爱情观进行分析。最后得到的结论是：理想的爱情在纯粹的物质关系中是不可能找到的。对当代追求爱情、婚姻和幸福的中国女性来说，这项研究会给她们带来一些启发。

关键词：嘉莉·米贝；爱情观；当代中国女性

Abstract

Sister Carrie is a famous naturalistic novelist—Theodore Dreiser’s first novel in the 20th century. It tells a story of a young rural woman Carrie Meeber how to become a popular Broadway actress from the bottom of society, and the story vividly depicts the survival state of Carrie Meeber. The paper focuses on analyzing Carrie Meeber’s view on love from the aspects of family factors, social context and her own desires. The results obtained in this research include that it is impossible to find out real love in the mere material relationships. The obtained results will bring enlightenment to modern Chinese women who are in pursuit of love, marriage and happiness. 

Keywords: Carrie Meeber; view on love; modern Chinese women 

Contents

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………1

2. Literature Review…………………………………………………………2

3. The Analysis of Carrie Meeber’s View on Love in Sister Carrie…………...4

3.1 Family factors……………………………………………………………….5

3.2 The social environment……...………………………………………………7

3.3 Carrie’s own desires for materials...…………………………………………9

4. Conclusion………………………………………………………………..10

Works Cited…………………………………………………………..12