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图书信息

出版社: 科学出版社; 第1版 (2011年6月1日)

外文书名: The Thematic Study of Margin in Tennessee Williams'Plays

精装: 229页

正文语种: 英语

开本: 32

ISBN: 9787030310927, 7030310926

条形码: 9787030310927

商品尺寸: 21.2 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm

商品重量: 399 g

内容简介

作为美国二战后最著名的剧作家之一，威廉斯以其不朽的艺术成就成为美国及世界剧坛的奇葩，然而，这位以其独特创作风格丰富美国及世界舞台的戏剧大师却由于在剧作中展现形形色色无法融入主流社会的边缘人群而饱受争议，其作品长期以来遭到误读；鉴于此，本书从作品、作家、世界、读者--文学评论的四大要素入手，以精神分析为研究方法，对威廉斯各个时期的剧作进行全方位、多层面的品读，来探究威廉斯渗透于作品中各个层面的边缘感，由此得到这位极具争议的戏剧大师渗透于作品中的边缘思想体系。

目录

序

前言

Chapter I Introduction

1.1 Literature Review

1.2 Between Psychoanalysis and Tennessee Williams

1.3 Method of Application

Chapter 2 Tennessee Williams" SelfPortrait as a Homosexual Artist

2.1 Female Characters as His Emotional Root

2.1.1 Lauraa poetic fragile otherworldly beauty

2.1.2 Blanchea surrealistic sexually perverted spirit

2.1.3 Almaan allegorical figure struggling to come out

2.2 Mythical Figures onthe Sacred Mission

2.2.1 Valentine XavierWilliams' first'attempt to save the world

2.2.2 Sebastian VenableWilliams' Conversion to the Cruel God

2.2.3 ShannonWilliams' seeking for his allloving God

2.3 Younger Personae on the Journey of Selfpursuit

2.3.1 Felicethe last effort to regain his artistic identity

2.3.2 Writerrevisiting his lost muses

2.3.3 Augustrecalling his old love

Conclusion

Chapter 3 Living on the Social Margin

3.1 Ostracism and Isolation

3.1.1 Family

3.1.2 Community

3.1.3 Social Circle

3.2 Escape

3.2.1 Fleeing and Writinga temporary escape

3.2.2 Deatha permanent escape

3.2.3 Succumbing to the Heterosexual Conventionsa non alternative escape

3.3 Imprisoned in Loneliness

3.3.1 Solitude in the Closet

3.3.2 Lonesome on Fugitive Journey

Conclusion

Chapter 4 Envisioning an Ideal World

4.1 Communion of Spirit and Flesh

4.1.1 The Split of Spirit and Flesh

4.1.2 The Battle of Spirit and Flesh

4.1.3 The Reconciliation of Spirit and Flesh

4.2 Boundary of Sexes Blurred

4.2.1 The Passive Female Characters

4.2.2 The Awakening Female Characters

4.2.3 The Androgynous Female Characters

4.3 Harmony with Nature

4.3.1 Longing for Nature in the Urban Area

4.3.2 The Reminiscence of the Innocent Old South

4.3.3 A Natural Paradise Far From the Civilized World

Conclusion

Chapter 5 Braving Mainstream Discourse

5.1 A Language Full of Ambiguity

5.1.1 The Coded Words

5.1.2 The Incomplete Expression

5.1.3 The Shrouded Subjects

5.2 A Language of Awakening

5.2.1 An Ideal Homosexual Couple

5.2.2 The Alienated Homosexual

5.2.3 The Degraded Heterosexual

5.3 Beyond Comingout" Narrative

5.3.1 Spotlight Confessions

5.3.2 Dramatic Structure as the Mirror of Inner Psyche

5.3.3 Setting Speaks

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Conclusion

Bibliography