An Analysis of the Art of Living in Dear Life浅析《亲爱的生活》中生活的艺术.docx

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AnAnalysisoftheArtofLivinginDearLife浅析《亲爱的生活》中生活的艺术

AnAnalysisoftheArtofLivinginDearLife

Contents

Abstract

Outline

Introduction

I.WritingCharacteristicsofDearLife………………………………………………………………………….........2

II.InevitableRealityofLiving……………………………………………………………………………………..........4

III.AttractiveArtistryofLiving…………………………………………………………………………………….........7

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………….........10

Bibliography

AnAnalysisoftheArtofLivinginDearLife

Abstract:

Inthedevelopmenthistoryofliterature,therearemanyexcellentandbrilliantfemalewriters.TheCanadianwriterAliceMunroisoneoftherepresentativefemalewriters.MunrowontheNobelPrizesforliteraturein2013becauseofthesimplestyleofwritinganddeepfeelingsinherworks.HershortstoryDearLifeisconsideredtobethemostabundant,themostperfect,themostautobiographicalnovel,andisinterpretedbyMunroas"thefirst,thelast,andtheclosestthingsIhavetosayaboutmyownlife".Readingthisbookissomewhatlikelookingatarareworkofart,suddenlyfindingthatitsprofoundconnotationisdifficulttobecoveredupbythebeautyofthesurface.Therefore,wecanseeherartistryinbothcreativelanguageandconnotation.

Keywords:

AliceMunro;life;artisticconnotation

浅析《亲爱的生活》中生活的艺术

【摘要】在文学发展史中，出现了很多优秀且独具一格的女性作家，其中加拿大著名的女作家爱丽丝·门罗就极具代表性。

爱丽丝因她用朴实的文笔，在作品中传达出的深沉情感获得了2013年诺贝尔文学奖。

她的短篇小说《亲爱的生活》被认为是其最丰富，最完美，最具有自传性质的一部作品，并被门罗诠释为“从最初到最后，直到灵魂的最深处”的关于生活的艺术品。

当阅读这本书时,就像在审视一件难得的艺术品,然后恍然发现深刻的内涵是难以被表面的美丽掩盖住的。

因而可以看出，她的作品不论在创作语言还是所表露的内涵上都极具艺术性。

关键词：

爱丽丝·门罗；生活；艺术内涵

AnAnalysisoftheArtofLivinginDearLife

Thesisstatement:

ThispaperisaimedtoexplorethenatureoflifethroughtheanalysisofsomecommonbutextraordinarystoriesinDearLife,andrevealtheemotionalskeletonofAliceMunro.

Outline:

Introduction

Ⅰ.WritingCharacteristicsofDearLife

A.ThebasicconstructionofDearLife

B.AliceMunro’swritingtechniques

C.AliceMunroandhershortstories

Ⅱ.InevitableRealityofLiving

A.Theconfrontationbetweenrealityandfantasy

ⅰ.Streamofconsciousness

ⅱ.Threetimes’runaway

B.MentalgrowthofteenageAliceMunro

ⅰ.Psychologicalrealism

ⅱ.Thefirstunderstandingofloveandsex

Ⅲ.AttractiveArtistryofLiving

A.Unexpectedtheatricality

ⅰ.Theimplicationoftheatricality

ⅱ.TheemotionalchangeofVivian

a.TerribleimpressiononFocus

b.TheacceptanceofFocus’sproposal

c.Mournfulconditionofbeingabandoned

B.Aestheticconceptofsentiment

ⅰ.Therelationshipbetweenartaestheticandemotion

ⅱ.Leavingandwaitingofloveinallone’slife

Conclusion

LuJianyu

English2012051110

WangLanming

May1st.2016

AnAnalysisoftheArtofLivinginDearLife

Introduction

AliceMunroasthewinneroftheNobelPrizeforliteraturein2013,herhighliteraryattainmentsisbeyonddoubt.InMunro’selaborateandevenalmosttrivialdescription,mostofordinarywomeninherworksliveinthemostordinarylife,butthesefemaledesiresarefullofanxietyanduncertainty.Althoughtheytrytostruggleandrevoltintheirminds,theirthoughtsareconfused,pulledbyrealityandhealing.AliceMunroshapessomanyordinarywomen’sfiguresinordertoexplaintheindescribablemeaningoflifeandtellsherownfeelingstowardslife.HernewestshortnovelDearlifeshowstheperceptionofindividuallivingconditions,theexplorationofhumannatureandtheirresistibleforcewhenfacingintricatelife.Thenatureandtherelationshipbetweenartandlifeexistinthethemesofherworksallthetime.Althoughherstoriesareseeminglysimpleandtrivial,peoplecanstillinadvertentlypeepintothereallifeinminiaturefromthesestories.

AfterNobelPrizeforliteraturein2013forthefirsttimeisawardedforafemaleshortnovelwriter,AliceMunrograduallyenjoysgreatprestigeintheliteraryfieldathomeandaboard.Inwesterncountries,mostofstudiesaboutAliceMunroaremainlydividedintotwocategories,literarycriticismandthenarrativestudies.TenpaperspublishedinEnglishFictionPeriodicals--MunroalbumallrefertoliterarycriticismtoanalyzeAliceMunro’sworks（Ventura2010）.InMagazineNarrative,mostofbodyofthesecondissuerevolveabouttheperspectiveofnarrationtospread（Lohafer2012）.AlthoughinChinadomesticresearchesofAliceMunroareunusual,inrecentyears,Munroisknownbymoreandmorescholarsandreaders.BeforeAliceMunrowontheNobelPrizeforliterature,domesticresearchesaboutherandherworksaredividedintothreecategoriesintermsofresearch’scontent.ManyscholarsdeeplystudysomeofMunro'sworksfromtheperspectiveoffeminismandanalyzefemalefiguresinherworks（DongShanshan2009）.SomepeoplearefascinatedbyMunro'snarrativetechniques（ZhouYi2011）.OthersfurtherstudyandpaycloseattentiontotherelationbetweentheregionalcultureofCanadaandMunro'screativeidentity（TanMin,TaoTao2012）.

DearLifeisAliceMunro'snewestshortnovel,sountilnowveryfewpeoplespendtimestudyingthisworks.Torevealcomplexityandnothingnessofpeopleofthetownintheordinarylife,Munrooftenregardsordinaryfemalecharactersastheprotagonistandpinpointstheinnerfeelingsoftheordinarypeopleasthestartingpointinherworks.Thispaperisaimedtoexplorethenatureoflife,clearlyrevealtheemotionalskeletonofAliceMunroanddissecttheartoflivingthatdepictedbyAliceMunroinDearLife.FourrepresentativewomeninDearLifeareselectedasthemaincharactersoftheseparatestories.Fromdifferentstoriesandfatesofthesefourwomen,readerscanseewhatonearthreallifeis.

Ⅰ.WritingCharacteristicsofDearLife

A.ThebasicconstructionofDearLife

AliceMunro’sDearLifeiscomposedoffourteentales.Theyareindependentforeachother.Andinthisbrilliantnewcollection,AliceMunrogivesadetaileddescriptionofthemomentapersonisalwaysalteredbyaunexpectedchanceencounter,anactionnottaken,orasimpletwistoffate.Hercharactersareflawedandfullyfigures:

asoldierreturningfromwarandavoidinghisfiancée,awealthywomandecidingwhethertoconfrontablackmailer,anadulterousmotherandherneglecteddaughter,aguilt-riddenfather,ayoungladyabandonedbyherlover.EnlightenedbyMunro’sacuteinsight,theselivesdrawinwiththeirquietdepthandsurprisepeoplewithunexpectedturns.[1]Thelastfourautobiographicaltalesarenottotallyimaginarybutrootinherreallife.WecanseethatanastonishingsuiteofthelastfourautobiographicaltalesoffersanunprecedentedglimpseintoMunro’sownchildhood.AliceMunroalsoregardsthesefourtaleswithautobiographicalnatureasasimpleexplorationoflife.Exaltedbyherclarityofvisionandherunparalleledgiftforstorytelling,DearLifeshowshowplacid,intricate,andextraordinaryordinarylifecanbe.

B.AliceMunro’swritingtechniques

AliceMunrobelongstopostmodernismcreationstyle,shepermutesandcombinesdifferentstatementsandcontents,orlinksupuncorrelatedcontentandforminthesamestory.AndAliceMunrodoesnotdeliberatelyplanandhaveasubtlelayoutinthecreationprocessofthecontentandthestructureinhershortstories,butwiththemigrationandextensionoftheideaofnarrative,shetendstomodifyandadjustafterfinishingthestructureofastory.AliceMunrobreaksthroughthetraditionofcreationoneness,andperfectlycombinesfactwithimaginationinherworks.Herworksarefromlife,butarenotentirelyreproductionoforiginallife.Themostobviousevidenceisthelimitationbetweenfictionnovelandthenon-fictionnovelisfuzzywhenMunrocreatesthelastfourstoriesinDearLife.Shemergesfact,imageandfeelingsintoone.Therefore,itissoamazingthatsheachievesperfectlythecombinationoftraditionandbreakthrough.AliceMunroisgoodatusingtheuniquefemaleperspectivetointerpretcomplexthings,anddigoutthosedetailsthathasalwaysbeenignoredinlife.SoMunrohasbeenfocusingonthepsychologicaldescriptionofordinarywomenwithalotofdetailstorevealtheircomplexandintenseemotions.Inaddition,thethemeofherworksdoesnotinvolvetooesoteric,buttrytorestorethemostreallifeofordinarywomen.Despitethefactthatinhershortnovelsimplelanguage,simplestructureisused,butthedepthofworksisthesameasnovel.Inthiswork,DearLife,therearenotwistsandturns.Butrefertoherexcellentstyle,simplicityandsincerityofatexthaverevealedoutMunro’sintelligentviewstowardslife.Sheisrealisticratherthanpreaching;isthedescriptionandnoninductive;isartratherthanscientific,isphilosophicalratherthanreligious.[3]

C.AliceMunroandshortstories

Shortnovelisneglected,andinthemarginalizedpositioninthelong-term.Fordecades,AliceMunrohasbeenfocusingonthecreationofshortnovel.NobelPrizeforliteratureisawardedforashortnovelwriterforthefirsttime,whichisenoughtoillustratetheremarkablesuccessofcreationofAliceMunro'sshortnovel.ThatAliceMunrochoosesshortnovelasherownformofcreationsubvertsthetraditionalconceptthatthewritinglevelofawriterneedstobemeasuredthroughanovel.[4]ThecreationofshortnovelandherCanadianandfemalewriters'identityarecloselylinked.Intermsoftheexternalconditions,thecreativeperiodofMunroisintheheydayofthedevelopmentofCanadianliterature,andaseriesofliterarycolumnfoundedbyWeaver,GodfatherofCanadianliterature,providesawideplatformforMunro'sshortnovels.Intheearlystageofthecreativeprocess,Munromustcontrolthelengthofherworksbecauseofthelimitation