A Way to be Good Again: on The Kite Runner_英语论文

摘要

《追风筝的人》一书是美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德·胡赛尼的第一部小说，小说围绕着主人公阿米尔背叛与救赎的故事展开。本文主要研究小说促使主人公再次成为好人的内、外在因素，于此同时结合成长小说的概念及特点对这部作品进行深入剖析。在这部作品中，卡勒德·胡赛尼通过刻画主人公阿米尔从年少时犯错到决定为之弥补，最终再次成为好人的这一过程，表现出了阿米尔内心的成长，同时也给读者一种积极向上的动力，鞭策人们及时行善。

关键词：卡勒德·胡赛尼；《追风筝的人》；阿富汗；成长；救赎

Contents

Introduction1

1. About the author and The Kite Runner1

1.1 About the author1

1.1.1 Khaled Hosseini’s life experience1

1.1.2 Khaled Hosseini’s influence and status in world literature1

1.2 About The Kite Runner 2

1.2.1 Social background and introduction of The Kite Runner2

1.2.2 The popularity and literary achievement4

1.3 The domestic and overseas study of Khaled Hosseini’s creative works5

1.3.1 The views of the domestic scholars5

1.3.2 The views of the overseas scholars5

2. External factors: Three significant characters devote to being good again7

2.1 Baba: a man of iron, ability and contradiction7

2.2 Hassan: a friend of kindness, loyalty and braveness9

2.3 Soraya: a wife of intelligence, independence and virtue10

3. Internal factors: To be good again the growth progress of Amir12

3.1 Selfishness and cowardice12

3.2 Courage and faith 15

4. A representative Bildungsroman: We all can be good again16

4.1 About Bildungsroman16

4.2 The Kite Runner as a Bildungsroman18

5. Reading response: For you, a thousand times over 20

Conclusion21

References22