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On the Theme of Love Disintegration in >Olive Kitteridge< [论《奥丽芙•基特里奇》中爱的衰亡主题], Master thesis, Foreign Language and Literature, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China 2016 [application of Fromm's theories to art].

  • 《奥丽芙•基特里奇》是伊丽莎白•斯特劳特的第四部小说,于2008年出版,并于2009年获得普利策小说奖。伊丽莎白•斯特劳特是美国现代杰出的女性作家,她的作品以精妙结构和动人情感闻名美国文坛。《奥丽芙•基特里奇》以缅因州的克洛斯比镇为背景,讲述了小镇居民由于缺少爱的基本要素,他们的爱在婚外恋、厌食症、抑郁症中衰亡的故事。爱的衰亡在《奥丽芙•基特里奇》中是人物们的普遍心理状态,也是现代社会普遍存在的状态,因而从爱的衰亡角度来研究该小说具有一定价值。弗洛姆的新精神分析理论把爱的理论作为其核心内容,他认为爱是出于人克服生存困境的需要,也是对人类生存问题的真正解决。人类只有满足爱的基本要素、分辨出假爱情,并在爱的实践中成功,才能逃离爱的衰亡。目前学术界对于该书的研究主要集中于分析作品中的婚恋创伤和老人关怀,很少有学者从爱的衰亡角度来研究该小说。本论文采用文本细读的方法,并结合弗洛姆爱的理论来分析小说中人物爱的衰亡的表现、爱的衰亡的原因和如何从爱的衰亡中逃离,从而讨论爱的衰亡主题。论文分为五章。第一章介绍作者生平和小说《奥丽芙•基特里奇》以及爱的理论,综述并梳理了他人的研究。第二章分析小说人物爱的衰亡表现。主人公奥丽芙陷入了投射的假爱,走上了婚外恋的歧途;妮娜沉溺于偶像化的假爱,被厌食症折磨;凯文局限于多愁善感的假爱,成为了抑郁症受害者。第三章探讨小说人物爱的衰亡原因。奥丽芙缺乏对爱的认识,导致和丈夫关系不和;妮娜的爱缺乏责任心,在痛苦恋爱中走向衰亡;凯文的爱缺乏心甘情愿的给予。第四章挖掘小说人物从爱的衰亡中恢复的方式。奥丽芙没能克服自恋,和丈夫保持貌合神离的关系;妮娜尝试重建对爱的信心,但是不幸失败,没能摆脱衰亡的爱;凯文重获了对爱的积极态度,主动终止了自杀,走出了爱的衰亡。第五章概述论文研究发现、局限性以及未来的研究方向,并揭示了爱的衰亡是现代社会的一大危机,唯有爱才是对人类生存问题的唯一解答。作者从小说中三个人物爱的衰亡生动地再现了现代人的精神生活危机。
  • >Olive Kitteridge<, Elizabeth Strout’s fourth novel, was published in 2008 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. She is an outstanding contemporary female writer in America. Strout’s works are famous for her delicate framework and heart-wrenching emotion. >Olive Kitteridge< is based on Crosby, Maine. The residents are suffering from the love disintegration of extramarital affair, anorexia nervosa and depressive disorder because of their deficiency of love elements. In >Olive Kitteridge<, love disintegration is a general psychological state of all characters. It is also a general situation of contemporary society. Therefore, there are certain values to research from this approach. The theory of love is the core content in Fromm’s neo-psychoanalytic theory. He argues that love is out of people’s need to fight with existential dilemma and it is the true answer to the problem of human existence. Human beings have to possess elements of love, distinguish pseudo-love and succeed in love practice to recover from love disintegration. Most of the research works concern on the marital trauma and the caring for the aging people in this novel instead of analyzing it from the perspective of love disintegration. This thesis endeavors to interpret >Olive Kitteridge< from the perspective of love disintegration through the syndromes and the causes of love disintegration and the process of recovery of the characters, depending on Erich Fromm’s theory on love and extensive reading. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter briefly introduces the author and >Olive Kitteridge<. It also illustrates the love theory and other research. – Chapter Two explains characters’ syndromes of love disintegration. The main character Olive’s love is affected by projective mechanism and she is lost in extramarital affair. Nina’s anorexia nervosa is alongside with her idolatrous love. Kevin is stuck in sentimental love and he endures depressive disorder. – Chapter Three illuminates the causes of love disintegration. Olive’s absence of knowledge for love leads to her disharmonious relationship with her husband. Nina’s love is deficient of responsibility which makes her undergo love disintegration. The love from Kevin’s parents is insufficient of care.– Chapter Four points out characters’ recovery from love disintegration. Olive is incapable of overcoming her narcissism or escaping from love disintegration, and she has to keep a disingenuous relationship with her husband. Nina tries to rebuild her faith for love but unfortunately fails and dies of anorexia nervosa. Kevin rebuilds his positive attitude towards love and voluntarily stops committing suicide.– The last chapter summarizes the findings of this thesis, limitation and future research orientation. Additionally, it gives guidance for modern people. Love disintegration is a major crisis in contemporary society. Love is the only answer to the existential dilemma of human beings. Strout vividly illustrates modern people’s spiritual life crisis through these three characters. [Author’s translation]

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Author:Dandan Yang
Document Type:Dissertations
Language:Chinese
Year of first Publication:2016
Release Date:2020/11/03
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