Run and Nowhere to Run——A Literary Darwinian Reading of Rabbit，Run_33654.pdf

1、電子科技大學碩士學位論文RunNowheretoRun——ALiteraryDarwinianReadingofRabbit，Run姓名：蘭奎申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學指導教師：馮文坤20100606AbstractAbstractJohnUpdikeiswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofhistimeHismostfamousworkishisRabbi

2、tserieswhichchronicledthelifeofHarryAngstromoverthecourseofseveraldecades，fromyoungadulthoodtohisdeathRabbitRun，thefirstoftheseries，delineatesthelifeofAmericanmiddleclassinthe1950sAlthoughitdoesnotwinUpdikeanyprize，itisb

3、ynomeansunimportantinthatithasstartedthechronicleofAmericawiththehelpofRabbitRabbitRunhasprovidedaprobeintothelifeofaverageAmericansinEisenhoweryearsThisthesismakesananalysisonRabbitRun，anditwillillustratehowRabbitmakesh

4、isactionaccordingtothebehavioralsystemsdeterminedbyhumannature，andhumannaturehereisoneoftheconceptsputforwardbyLiteraryDarwinismItishumannaturethatrequiresRabbittotakeactioninhisownwaybutwhatRabbithasdoneistotallyatoddsw

5、ithmoralstandardswhicharealsothenecessaryproductofhumannature，SOwhatrendersRabbit’Slifetragicishumannature，andRabbitisdoomedtofailureThethesisisdividedintofivepans：ThefirstchapterisabriefintroductionofJohnUpdikeandhisRab

6、b配RunThesecondchapteristheintroductionofLiteraryDarwinismwhichexplainsthesynthesisofthetheoryofevolutionandEvolutionaryPsychologyItputsitsemphasisontheconceptofhumannature，andthenintroduceshowDarwinismisutilizedtodealwit

7、hliteraryworksThethirdchaptermakesuseofLiteraryDarwinismtoexaminewhatRabbithasdone，andpointsoutthattheinevitabilityofhisactionisdeterminedbythebehavioralsystemsincludedinhumannatureThefourthchapterexplainsthataltruism，on

8、eofthekeyissuesinsocialbehavioralsystem，requirestheconformitytomoralstandardsinhumansocietyThereforeitismadeclearthatthecollisionbetweenRabbit’Sinstinctiveactionandmoralstandardsistheinevitableresultbroughtbyhumannature，