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Interpretation Of Runaway From The Perspective Of Raymond Williams’ Cultural Criticism

Posted on:2021-06-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2505306467970599Subject:Marxism and feminism
Abstract/Summary:
Both Raymond Williams and Alice Monroe are dedicated to paying attention to popular culture in ordinary life of the real world.As the cultural criticism and literary theory of Marxist theorist,Raymond Williams provides Alice Munro with her literary creation.Good theoretical explanation basis,and contributed to exploring the path of women seeking liberation.This article selects Raymond Williams’ "new realism","liberal tragedy" and "civilian cultural outlook" as theoretical perspectives,rereads Alice Monroe’s collection of novels "Runaway",and discusses Alice Munro’s Creative style and analysis of female characters in her works.Specifically,under the guidance of Williams’ above three theories,interpret the feminine consciousness in Munro’s novels,explore the escape consciousness of ordinary women in the real world,and reflect on the situation of women in modern society.The first chapter is the introduction.First,it analyzes the reasons and significance of the interpretation of "Runaway" from the perspective of Raymond Williams’ cultural criticism.Second,it analyzes Raymond Williams,Alice Munro and "Runaway".The research status of domestic and foreign researches is summarized.Finally,the research methods and innovations of this topic are explained.The second chapter discusses the realism theory of Marx and Engels.After clarifying the new realism theory of Raymond Williams,it points out that Raymond Williams is a "new" based on the inheritance and development of Marxist realism theory."Realism" theory,combined with the above-mentioned theories,analyze the "new-realism" creative technique in Alice Monroe’s novel creation.The third chapter analyzes the traditional tragedy view of classical Marxism,and expounds that Raymond Williams developed modern tragedy in traditional tragedy,thus leading to his "liberal tragedy" theory,and then analyzes women in "Runaway".The object reveals how women live in the tragedy that seems to be in a free place but is in fact omnipresent.The fourth chapter discusses Alice Munro’s creative experience based on ordinary women’s writing through Raymond Williams’ "People’s Culture View",and brings the theory of "People’s Culture View" to Alice Monroe’s "Housewife Breath" Analysis of creative experience.The fifth chapter explores the theoretical and practical value of this topic,and analyzes the limitations of Raymond Williams’ theory and feminist ideas in Alice Munro’s novels.Raymond Williams provided a new perspective for the study of women’s emancipation in a theoretical way.Alice Munro wrote a reflection on women’s pursuit of freedom in a novel way,revealing the modern women’s pursuit of freedom,revealing the embarrassing reality of modern women after the pursuit of freedom.Rereading Alice Monroe’s novel creation under the care of Raymond Williams,and combining the author’s creative style and background to conduct a theoretical analysis,is conducive to realizing the realistic question of where women should go after they pursue freedom;it is better tounderstand the text of the novel and its feminist ideas;it also helps to deepen the theoretical research of Raymond Williams.
Keywords/Search Tags:Raymond Williams, cultural criticism, Runaway
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