斯坦貝克在《伊甸之東》中道德觀_35966.pdf

1、上海師范大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文斯坦貝克在《伊甸之東》中道德觀姓名：魏蔚申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：盧敏20100401AbstractEastofEdenstoodforJohnSteinbeck’Sshiftfromsocialcriticismtomoralcriticism，aturningpointinhisliterarycreationThereisadistinctivemoralthemeinEastofEd

2、enandthroughthecomplicatedcharactersandfamilyrelationshipsJohnSteinbeckcreatedmanycounterpointsinthenovdintermsofmoralitysuchasgoodandevil，loveandhatred，faithfulnessandbetrayaletcButhedidnotdrawacleardemarcationbetweenth

3、eseoppositesasmanyothertraditionaldidacticworkshaddone，nordidhegrantabsolutegoodorabsoluteeviltoanyofhischaracterOnthecontraryheseemedtobecontenttoletvariousoppositesdashandcrashandevenentanglewitheachotherwhichdemonstra

4、tedtheuniquemoralphilosophySteinbeckintendedtoimbuethenovelwithThisthesisisanattemptinlightofthereemergenceofEthicalCriticism，tointerpretthisnoveldeeplyandsystematicallyinordertoexcavateSteinbeck’Smoralphilosophyreflecte

5、dinitasawholeJohnSteinbeck’Smoralphilosophyincludeshisdoubtaboutdeterminism，hisadvocacyofindividualismandfreewill，hischallengetotheWesternphilosophybasedonbinarismandtherigidityofChristianmoralityaswellashisnewunderstand

6、ingofgoodandevil，loveandhatredApartfromthese，JohnSteinbeckalsosubvertedtheCalvinistviewoftotaldepravitytheillusionoftheabsoluteinnocenceof‘theAmericanAdam”，andthecommonunfavorableviewonprostitutesofwhorehousesInEastofEde

7、n，SteinbeckmeanttoexaminecloselythewholeWesternmoralsystemandsuggestedpeopleshoulddiscardtheoldbinarythinking，takeaholisticviewoftheworldinsteadofgoingextreme，andch甜ShthehumanvaluesoftoleranceandforgivenessOnethingworthn

8、otingparticularlyisthatthemoralphilosophyJohnSteinbeckexpressedinEastofEden，especiallyhisideaofthecomplicatedrelationshipbetween900dandevil，loveandhatred，Was，moreorless，influencedbythemoralphilosophyofTaoismand，inawayant