麥田里的守望者和鐘形罩中主人公成長歷程對比研究

1、沈陽師范大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文《麥田里的守望者》和《鐘形罩》中主人公成長歷程對比研究姓名：呂晶申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語言學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：郭忠壯20090601iABSTRACT Initiation, as a universal cultural phenomenon and an important individual experience in human life, has always been a repetiti

2、ve theme in American literature, thus initiation story has become an important part of American literary tradition. In the recent years, it has become more and more prevalent to analyze literary works from the viewpoint

3、of initiation story. The Catcher in the Rye written by the famous American male writer J. D. Salinger and The Bell Jar by the noted American female writer Sylvia Plath are two outstanding masterpieces in American literat

4、ure, which are two influential initiation stories on the exploration of adolescents’ loneliness, depression and helplessness in initiation. From the perspective of the development of human civilization, based on a brief

5、introduction of the two novels and the roots, definition and features of initiation story, a detailed exploration of the ancient initiation rites, including the development of ancient initiation rites in human civilizat

6、ion, their three phases and death-rebirth rite, this thesis makes a profound and detailed comparison of the male and female protagonists’ initiation phases in the two American initiation stories The Catcher in the Rye a

7、nd The Bell Jar. We may expose how the ancient initiation rites manifest themselves vividly and clearly in these two modern initiation stories, and testify the everlasting existence of initiation rites in the developme

8、nt of human civilization. Thus the deeper meaning and eternal significance of these two initiation stories can be revealed. The ancient initiation rites also have great enlightenment on the issues of adolescents’ initia