摘要
Abstract
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Brief Introduction to Toni Morrison and Her Literary Works
1.2 Brief Introduction to Home
1.3 Literature Review
2 The Concepts of Existentialism
2.1 The Origin of Existentialism
2.2 Jean-Paul Sartre and His Existentialism
2.3 Main Concepts of Existentialism
2.3.1 Alienation
2.3.2 Absurdity
2.3.3 Freedom of Choice
3 An Existential Approach to Toni Morrison’s Home
3.1 Toni Morrison and Existentialism
3.2 Alienation in Home
3.2.1 Alienated Relation among Family Members
3.2.2 Self-Alienation
3.2.3 The Alienated Relationship between Man and Woman
3.3 Absurdity in Home
3.3.1 Frank’s Miserable Experience in This Absurd World
3.3.2 Cee Money’s Miserable Experience in This Absurd World
3.3.3 Lily’s Miserable Experience in This Absurd World
3.4 Freedom of Choice in Home
3.4.1 Frank’s Self-Regression
3.4.2 Cee’s Self-Awakening
3.4.3 Miss Lenore’s Self-Isolation
Conclusion
Notes
Biography
Papers Published in the Period of M.A. Education
Acknowledgements
声明