Stephen Crane spent a very productive life in his short span of life. His challenge against convention helps him to accept new ideas that were popular in his time, like naturalism, symbolism and impressionism. In part...Stephen Crane spent a very productive life in his short span of life. His challenge against convention helps him to accept new ideas that were popular in his time, like naturalism, symbolism and impressionism. In particular, Crane gave the perfect union of naturalistic conception and symbolic techniques in his novels, which are valued by critics as American literary classic works with highly artistic value, and his scant legacy was a rich one to the America literature. This paper tells us that, no matter how literary scholarships interpret and misinterpret Stephen Crane's literary works, the significance of Crane's achievement in the development of American literature has not been and will not be ignored.展开更多
Crane’s most well-known work,The Red Badge of Courage,is commonly believed to be the first great novel of the American Civil War,largely because of its vivid and detailed description of the experience of warfare.This...Crane’s most well-known work,The Red Badge of Courage,is commonly believed to be the first great novel of the American Civil War,largely because of its vivid and detailed description of the experience of warfare.This paper conveys figure images symbolize that human life is insignificant in an indifferent universe in the novel,which are perfect symbolic images distinguish Crane as a forerunner of modernistic writers.展开更多
Stephen Crane(Stephen Crane,1871-1900),a famous American novelist and poet.The Red Badge of Courage,his masterwork,published in book form in 1895,has been widely acknowledged as a classic in American literary history....Stephen Crane(Stephen Crane,1871-1900),a famous American novelist and poet.The Red Badge of Courage,his masterwork,published in book form in 1895,has been widely acknowledged as a classic in American literary history.In most cases,symbolism is considered to be a technique used by Crane to convey its naturalistic theme.This thesis attempts to make a detailed analysis of the system of symbols in The Red Badge of Courage to show that symbolism is used by Crane to better convey his naturalistic ideas so that a better understanding and appreciation of the work can be achieved.Crane's symbolic style makes him become a pioneer modernistic writer who has influenced many later writers.展开更多
文摘Stephen Crane spent a very productive life in his short span of life. His challenge against convention helps him to accept new ideas that were popular in his time, like naturalism, symbolism and impressionism. In particular, Crane gave the perfect union of naturalistic conception and symbolic techniques in his novels, which are valued by critics as American literary classic works with highly artistic value, and his scant legacy was a rich one to the America literature. This paper tells us that, no matter how literary scholarships interpret and misinterpret Stephen Crane's literary works, the significance of Crane's achievement in the development of American literature has not been and will not be ignored.
文摘Crane’s most well-known work,The Red Badge of Courage,is commonly believed to be the first great novel of the American Civil War,largely because of its vivid and detailed description of the experience of warfare.This paper conveys figure images symbolize that human life is insignificant in an indifferent universe in the novel,which are perfect symbolic images distinguish Crane as a forerunner of modernistic writers.
文摘Stephen Crane(Stephen Crane,1871-1900),a famous American novelist and poet.The Red Badge of Courage,his masterwork,published in book form in 1895,has been widely acknowledged as a classic in American literary history.In most cases,symbolism is considered to be a technique used by Crane to convey its naturalistic theme.This thesis attempts to make a detailed analysis of the system of symbols in The Red Badge of Courage to show that symbolism is used by Crane to better convey his naturalistic ideas so that a better understanding and appreciation of the work can be achieved.Crane's symbolic style makes him become a pioneer modernistic writer who has influenced many later writers.
