The Musicality in Carson Mccullers’ Novels

论文摘要

卡森麦卡勒斯是美国二十世纪最重要的作家之一。她的作品主要围绕人类生存的孤独,描绘出各种人物的不幸遭遇和微妙情绪,受到评论界和广大读者的广泛关注和热烈欢迎。20世纪90年代以来,我国许多批评家开始关注麦卡勒斯,但是他们的研究多限于《心是孤独的猎手》和《伤心咖啡馆之歌》,鲜有涉及她的其它小说。在已有的研究论文中,多是关于孤独主题和怪诞色彩的研究,作品中反复出现的音乐元素却极少涉及。本文研究音乐对麦卡勒斯作品的影响,由八章组成。第一章主要介绍卡森麦卡勒斯及其主要作品,本文的研究目的和研究方法。第二章详细介绍关于麦卡勒斯作品的评论和研究。第三章将简单论述文学和音乐的关系,第四章至第七章将分别从角色塑造、主题表达、气氛渲染和结构方面来探讨音乐对麦卡勒斯作品的贡献。最后对全文进行概括总结,对音乐元素的艺术化的应用赋予了麦卡勒斯的作品独特的韵味。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABSTRACT
• 摘要
• CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 Carson McCullers
• 1.2 Carson McCullers’Major Works
• 1.3 Purpose of This Study
• 1.4 Research Method of This Study
• CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 Studies on Carson McCullers Abroad
• 2.2 Studies on Carson McCullers in China
• CHAPTER Ⅲ THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND LITERATURE
• 3.1 The Similarities between Music and Literature
• 3.2 The Benefits of Combining Music and Literature
• 3.3 The Feasibility of Combining Music and McCullers’Works
• CHAPTER Ⅳ THE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO CHARACTERIZATION
• 4.1 Music and Mick Kelly
• 4.2 Music and Lieutenant Weincheck
• CHAPTERⅤTHE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO THE THEMES
• 5.1 Music and Racial Equality
• 5.1.1 Music and Racial Equality in Clock without Hands
• 5.1.2 Music and Racial Equality in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
• 5.1.3 Music and Racial Equality in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
• 5.2 Music and Gender Equality
• 5.3 Music and Pain in Growing up
• CHAPTER ⅥTHE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO THE ATMOSPHERE
• 6.1 Boring Music and Boring Daily Life in Part One
• 6.2 Various Music and Various feelings in Part Two
• 6.3 Boring Life Again and Boring Music Again in Part Three
• CHAPTER ⅥTHE CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC TO THE STRUCTURE
• 7.1 Fugue Musical Structure
• 7.2 Structure of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
• 7.3 Fugue Structure in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
• CHAPTER ⅧCONCLUSION
• WORKS CITED