虚实之间-解读《冷血》体现的新新闻主义_英语论文

Fictional or Factual——An Analysis of New Journalism in In Cold Blood

摘要

杜鲁门·卡波特是美国20世纪50、60年代极具才华和思想的作家，他一生发表了14部风格独特、内涵丰富的长篇小说和大量的短篇小说、人物传记和文论，其中体现新新闻主义的非虚构小说为他奠定了文学史上的独特地位。他的作品《冷血》充分体现出新新闻主义的特点。新新闻主义是一种新闻报道形式，其最显著的特点是将文学写作的手法应用于新闻报道，重视对话、场景和心理描写，不遗余力的刻画细节。本文拟从新新闻主义角度入手，结合文本分析，来探讨小说的写作手法，揭示作者如何利用新新闻主义来突出作品中新闻事件的主观性与小说的客观性。希望这一视角能丰富作品的多元化研究，帮助我们更好地理解该作品。

本论文共有四章。第一章是导论。首先介绍作者及其主要作品和《冷血》的主要内容及主题和文献综述。第二章着重解释新新闻主义理论的定义发展及其特点。第三章通过事实的准确、戏剧化的文学技巧以及主观的新闻这三个角度来分析《冷血》如何体现出了新新闻主义的特点。第四章是结论，主要对前面的论点进行总结。

关键词: 杜鲁门·卡波特；冷血；新新闻主义

Abstract

Known as one of the most talented American writers in 1950s and 1960s, Truman Capote creates 14 unique novels, a large number of short fictions, biographies and literary theory books. In Cold Blood, his nonfictional novel, which reflects features of New Journalism, lays his unique status in the literary history. New Journalism is a writing technique which combines literary touches with the unemotional news reporting. It focuses on the description of dialogues, settings, and psychological activities. It also pays much attention to the presentations for the details. On the basis of the previous researches, the thesis tends to make a detailed analysis of the writing skills in In Cold Blood, demonstrating how the author highlights its theme by way of deft use of New Journalism. I hope this perspective will enrich the diversified researches of the works and help the readers to understand In Cold Blood in a comprehensive manner.

This thesis is made up of four chapters. Chapter one is an introduction to Truman Capote, In Cold Blood and literature review. Chapter two focuses on the definition, development and features of New Journalism. Chapter three analyses the application of New Journalism in In Cold Blood, mainly covering factual accuracy, dramatic literary techniques, and subjective journalism. Chapter four makes a conclusion of this thesis.

Key words: Truman Capote  In Cold Blood  New Journalism

Contents

Acknowledgements I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to Truman Capote 1

1.2 Introduction to In Cold Blood 1

1.3 Literature Review 2

Chapter Two Theory of New Journalism 4

2.1 Definition and Development of New Journalism 4

2.2 Main Features of New Journalism 5

Chapter Three New Journalism in In Cold Blood 7

3.1 Factual Accuracy 7

3.1.1 Copious Research for the Book 7

3.1.2 Presentation of True Crime 8

3.2 Dramatic Literary Techniques 9

3.2.1 Settings 9

3.2.2 Characterization 11

3.2.3 Full Dialogues 12

3.2.4 Symbolic Details 13

3.3 Subjective Journalism 14

3.3.1 Participatory Reporting 14

3.3.2 Highlighting Psychological Descriptions 15

Chapter Four Conclusion 17

References 18