论《死亡诗社》中新旧思想之冲突_英语论文

Conflicts Between the New and the Old Ideologies in Dead Poets Society

摘要

N.H.科琳宝姆是美国著名的作家，他的作品有《豪勇七侠》、《杜立德医生的旅行》、《死亡诗社》等。他的作品大多被改编为电影并收到强烈的反响，《死亡诗社》是其中之一。《死亡诗社》已经为国内外学者广泛研究。本文将从新旧思想间冲突的角度对小说进行分析，梳理出不同人物、同一人物思想间的冲突以及冲突形成的原因和影响。小说《死亡诗社》中包含大量的新旧思想冲突，本文通过分析这些冲突帮助读者更好的理解这部小说。

本文由四章组成。第一章主要对作者科琳宝姆，其作品《死亡诗社》以及前人研究等作了介绍；第二章讨论了新旧思想间的冲突。第三章则对冲突的原因和影响进行了分析；第四章是结论部分，总结了本文的主要观点。

关键词：科林宝姆； 死亡诗社；新旧思想之冲突

Abstract

Nancy H Klibomn is a well-known American writer and journalist. Dead Poets Society is his most famous works. Most of his works have been adapted to movies and got great popularity. Dead Poets Society is one of these works. It has been studied widely at home and abroad. The thesis will analyze the conflicts between the new and the old ideologies among different characters as well as in the same character, in order to help readers to understand the novel better.

The thesis consists of four parts. Chapter one introduces Nancy H Klibomn, his novel Dead Poets Society. Literature review and the composition of the thesis are also touched upon. Chapter two  mainly talks about then conflicts between the new and the old ideologies. Chapter three analyzes the causes and influences of the conflicts. Chapter four comes to a conclusion.

Keywords:  Nancy H Klibomn  Dead Poets Society  conflicts between the old and the new ideologies

Contents

Acknowledgements I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction to Nancy H Klibomn 1

1.2 Introduction to Dead Poets Society 1

1.3 Literature Review 2

1.4 Composition of the Thesis 2

Chapter Two Conflicts Between the Old and the New Ideologies in Dead Poets Society 3

2.1 Conflicts Between the Old and the New Ideologies Among Different Characters 3

2.1.1Conflict Between McAllister’s Traditional Teaching and Keating’s Untraditional Teaching 3

2.1.2 Conflict Between Nolan’s Authority Worship and Keating’s Independence 4

2.2 Conflicts Between the Old and the New Ideologies in the Same Character 5

2.2.1 Conflict Between Neil’s Forbearing and his Revolting 5

2.2.2 Conflict Between Todd’s Abiding by Traditional Admonishment and Carpe Diem 7

Chapter Three Chapter Three Causes of the Conflicts and their Influence 9

3.1 Causes of the Conflicts 9

3.1.1The Social Stereotype 9

3.1.2 Inappropriate Family education 9

3.1.3 People’s Character Defects 10

3.2 Influence on the Characters 10

Chapter Four Conclusion 12

References 13