| The Pulitzer Prize is the highest honor in journalism.And feature writing occupies a prominent position in the categories of the Pulitzer Prize.Stories of tragic themes constitute the bulk of Pulitzer-winning feature writing.This thesis attempts to enhance readers’ knowledge of the tragic estheticism in Pulitzer-winning feature stories by performing the following: categorization and analysis of all Pulitzer-winning feature stories up to now since the inception of the Prize,explanation of the impact of society and history on the tragic themes of Pulitzer-winning feature stories,and an analysis of the social and psychological functions of the tragic themes of Pulitzer-winning feature stories. |