Acknowledgements
Declaration of Originality
Contents
Abstract
摘要
Introduction
1.Eudora Welty and Her Works
2.Literature Review
3.Purpose and Significance of the Thesis
4.Research Methods Applied in the Thesis
Chapter One A Brief Survey of the Southern Family Romance
1.1 The Wholeness of the Family
1.2 Honor as an Underpinning
1.3 Dominant Father and Masculine Heroism
1.4 Women’s “Southern Belle” Image
1.5 The Blacks’ Docile Image
1.6 Hostility to the Poor Whites
Chapter Two Deconstruction of the Southern Family Romance
2.1 A Brief Exposition of Deconstruction
2.2 Deconstruction of the Collectiveness/Individualism Binary Opposition
2.2.1 lndividual Narrations of the Train Episode in DW
2.2.2 Dabney as a Member Striving for Independence from the Family in DW
2.2.3 Julia as a Preacher of Individualism in LB
2.2.4 Gloria as the Strongest Voice of Individualism in LB
2.3 Deconstruction of the Male/Female Binary Opposition
2.3.1 Male Heroes’ True Nature
2.3.2 Husbands Being Guided by Their Wives
2.3.3 The Female’s Interrogation of the Masculine Heroism
2.3.4 The Female’s Pursuit of Sexuality
2.4 Deconstruction of the White/Black Binary Opposition
2.4.1 The Black other Present in the White
2.4.2 Man-Son’s Gaze
2.4.3 The Black’s Use of Violence to Rebel against the White
2.5 Deeonstruetion of the Planter/Poor White Binary Opposition
2.5.1 Robbie and Troy in DW
2.5.2 Dearman and Curly Stovall in LB
Chapter Three Welty’s Exploration of the Establishment of Harmony
3.1 Harmony between the Male and the Female
3.1.1 Achieving the Harmony through Use of Fertility Myth
3.1.2 Harmony Displayed at the Car Rescue Scene
3.2 Reconciliation between Collectiveness and Individualism
3.2.1 Julia Being Accepted by the Family
3.2.2 Vaughn Renfro Encompassing Collectiveness and Individualism
3.3 Harmony between the White and the Black
3.3.1 The Cooperation and Communication between Partheny and the Fairehilds
3.3.2 The Simultaneous “Coming Through”of Pinchy and Dabney
3.4 Reconciliation between the Planter and the Poor White
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
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