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Redemption·Annihilation·Death

Posted on:2016-08-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D LuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330461450105Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Stephen King`s works were known to horror, fantasy and other subjects, but are not limited to this, he is also good at writing the creation of historical, social and other topics of prison. This paper is through the theme of the angle to analyze Stephen’s works, in order to open the King’s "world of terror" door, through the real connotation of mining work surface wants. The "terrorist" is not the general terror, he reached the popular novels entertainment purposes, but is not limited to this, his works have a thinking of human nature, the human world, society, morality. In this paper, in order from the "redemption ",” annihilation ", "death" of these three themes to explore in depth the works of king.Introduction starts from the Stephen King’s work, and talked about the content of the domestic and foreign research present situation. This article talks about King’s works, as well as the purpose.The first chapter, the redemption theme is divided into types: satanic redemption, scapegoat type of redemption and Jesus’ redemptive style. For satanic redemption, with "Carrie" for example, a detailed interpretation of the novel by Carrie’s revenge and revolt completed a self-salvation. For scapegoat type of redemption, with "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank’s redemption" for example, by analyzing the performance of Andy and other characters in the prison illustrates this type of redemption. For Jesus’ redemptive style by the "Green Mile" for example, elaborated on this redemption type embodied in worksThe second chapter starts from the " annihilation " of the theme, the theme is divided into self destruction, the destruction of the genocidal destruction, destruction of these three modes, and to "shining", "Carrie", "1408" as an example, discusses the several works in the theme and factors.The third chapter starts with the theme of "death", "death" theme start to suicide death, "the devil’s weapon", death and rebirth as a classification of king’s works are analyzed in detail, were analyzed "1408", "The Shining" and "Pet Cemetery" and other novels.
Keywords/Search Tags:Stephen King, the Theme, Redemption, Annihilation, Death
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