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An Analysis of the Tragedy in >Everything I Never Told You< from the Perspective of Fromm’s Theory of Love [弗洛姆爱的理论视角下的《无声告白》悲剧分析], Master thesis, English Language and Literature, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China 2018 [application of Fromm's theories to art].

  • 《无声告白》是80后美籍华裔女作家伍绮诗的小说处女作,2014年6月26日由企鹅出版社出版。该作问世后好评如潮,不仅跃升为《纽约时报》畅销书,还于同年荣登美国亚马逊年度最佳图书榜首。这部小说以第三人称全知视角讲述了一个跨种族婚姻家庭成员间所经历的情感危机以及由此造成的悲剧。目前国内外学术界关于《无声告白》的研究视角多集中在族裔理论、女性主义、身份理论、家庭教育上,还未有系统阐述隐藏在这些题材之后的>爱的问题<。本文以埃瑞克•弗洛姆主要在其《爱的艺术》一书中提出的爱的理论为指导,通过对《无声告白》中莉迪亚死因的分析,启发人们如何去爱自己以及身边的人。全文共分为六个章节:第一章简要介绍了伍绮诗本人的生活经历及其小说《无声告白》的创作背景和媒体评价,总结了至目前为止国内外对《无声告白》的相关研究成果,并阐述了本文的选题依据和研究意义。第二章是本文的理论部分,介绍了埃瑞克•弗洛姆爱的理论的提出背景,阐述了爱的理论的核心内容——>爱是对人类生存问题的回答<、>病态的爱<、>爱的实践<,最后简要概述了《无声告白》与弗洛姆爱的理论之间的联系。第三章主要探讨了《无声告白》中悲剧的>序幕<——由于>与众不同<的外貌从小备受歧视的詹姆斯,在一次次融入美国社会的绝望挣扎中愈发自卑敏感,通过对这一性格缺陷的剖析,呼吁人们客观看待人与人之间的关系,以博爱凝聚团结。第四章主要阐释了《无声告白》中悲剧的>高潮<——詹姆斯和他的妻子玛丽琳由于沟通缺失导致的婚姻危机,探讨了维持夫妻关系和睦的>爱的要素<,即彼此之间坦诚的沟通和交流。第五章主要分析了《无声告白》中悲剧的>结尾<——莉迪亚以放弃自我为代价来满足父母过高的期望,通过对莉迪亚父母>施虐倾向<和莉迪亚>受虐倾向<的批判,指出父母不要过多干预孩子的成长,要给孩子自由发展的空间。第六章是本文的结论部分,总结了《无声告白》的悲剧成因:父亲詹姆斯自卑敏感的性格缺陷引发婚姻危机,夫妻之间的不坦诚导致家庭关系濒临破碎,生活在这种氛围下的莉迪亚,默默承受着父母令人窒息的>爱<,最终迷失自我,选择自杀。为了避免类似家庭悲剧的发生,文章最后呼吁人们学会客观、理智、真诚地对待自己以及身边的人。
  • >Everything I Never Told You<, which was published on June 26, 2014 by the Penguin Press, is the debut novel of Chinese American post-80s woman writer Celeste Ng. Upon its release, the novel has won many praises from the media and received many awards such as the New York Times bestseller and Amazon’s No. 1 Best Book of 2014. Based on the omniscient perspective of the third person, this novel presents us an emotional crisis among the family members from a interracial marriage and the resulting tragedy. At Present, academic researches on this novel at home and abroad seem to be mainly about racialism, feminism and the criticism of identity and family education, without specially revealing the love problems beyond those themes. Guided by Erich Fromm’s theory of love which is mainly put forward in his book >The Art of Loving<, this thesis endeavors to apply a detailed analysis to the causes of Lydia’s death in Everything I Never Told You, with the purpose to give some enlightenment on how to love ourselves and those around us. This thesis consists of six chapters: The first chapter provides a brief introduction to the author Celeste Ng and the novel >Everything I Never Told You<, summarizes the current literature review of the novel, and presents the rationale for selecting the theme and the significance of this thesis.– The second chapter focuses on the theoretical basis of the thesis. It gives an introduction of the theoretical background of Erich Fromm’s theory of love, offers a further explanation of the essential content of the theory, which contains love as >the answer to the problem of human existence<, >the pathology of love< and >the practice of love<, and finally makes a brief statement of the internal connections between >Everything I Never Told You< and Fromm’s theory of love.– The third chapter deals with the prologue of the tragedy in >Everything I Never Told You< — James, being discriminated for his different appearance from childhood, was stricken by his increasing sense of inferiority and sensitivity after helpless struggling to be in conformity with the American society. By analyzing the defect in James’ character, it appeals for human solidarity through the practice of brotherly love, and the objectivity to examine the relationship between nations and individuals – The fourth chapter discusses the climax of the tragedy in >Everything I Never Told You< — the marriage crisis caused by the lack of communication between James and his wife Marilyn, and explores the >elements of love< to maintain a harmonious relationship between husband and wife, namely, effective communication with sincerity.– The fifth chapter analyzes the epilogue of the tragedy in >Everything I Never Told You< — Lydia lived up to her parents’ excessive expectations at the expense of losing herself. By criticizing the masochistic tendency of Lydia and the sadistic tendency of her parents, it concludes that parents should have rational faith in the potentialities of free development of their children rather than excessive intervention.– The sixth chapter is the conclusion part of the thesis. It concludes the tragedy causes in >Everything I Never Told You< — marriage crisis resulted from the inferiority and sensitivity of Lydia’s father, teetering atmosphere of the family caused by reticence between Lydia’s parents, lostness of oneself under suffocating love of parents. All of these above motivate Lydia’s suicide. To avert such family tragedies, this thesis calls on people in the end to love themselves and others with objectivity, knowledge and faith. [Author’s translation]

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Author:Rui Yan
Document Type:Dissertations
Language:Chinese
Year of first Publication:2018
Release Date:2019/03/04
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IdNo:Yan_Rui_2018
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Dissertations / Dissertationen
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