妹妹——情妇——新女性

Sister—Ladylove—New Woman

嘉莉是美国作家德莱塞处女作《嘉莉妹妹》中的女主人公,在美国文学史中她是一个倍受争议的人物。从自然主义的理论和女性主义的观点出发,通过分析嘉莉在芝加哥和纽约两个大城市的经历,探析了嘉莉来到大城市后从纯朴的乡下妹堕落成依赖男人贪图享乐的情妇,后来通过自己的努力脱离男人,成为独立的职业女性的过程,同时探讨了促使她两次蜕变的外部因素与内在动机。

Carrie,the heroine in Dreiser's Sister Carrie,has been a controversial figure that seems to have received more condemns than praises from the critics.The thesis probes into Carrie's status transitions first from an innocent girl to a dependent ladylove, and then to a successful new woman totally independent from men.