声明
Acknowledgements
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1.Introduction
1.1 Cormac McCarthy and No Country for Old Men
1.2 Literature review
1.3 Research task,method and structure
2.Conflicts between Traditional and Modern Societies
2.1 Conflicts in value
2.1.1 Traditional spirit vs.worship of money
2.1.2 Pros and cons of the war
2.2 Conflicts in social code
2.2.1 Supremacy of law vs.force of violence
2.2.2 Ethical orientation vs.political campaign
2.3 Conflicts in familial ethics
3.Degeneration of Modern Society as the Cause of the Conflicts
3.1 Chaotic social environment
3.1.1 Rebellious sixties
3.1.2 Shadow of the war
3.1.3 Disorder of the borderland
3.2 Pathological humanity
3.2.1 Consumption alienation
3.2.2 Absence of religion
4.Conflicts as McCarthy’s Reflection on History
4.1 Tragedies as the consequence of the conflicts
4.1.1 Social tragedies
4.1.2 Individual tragedies
4.2 Lamentation on the loss of the west
4.3 Reflection on the burden of history
5.Conclusion
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