声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
摘要
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
1.Introduction
1.1 Introduction to John Updike and In the Beauty of the Lilies
1.2 Literature review
1.3 Lacanian theory of the subject
1.3.1 The Imaginary
1.3.2 The Symbolic
1.3.3 The Real
1.4 Focus and structure of the thesis
2.Unsuccessful Identification in the Imaginary
2.1 Clarence’s false identification with a pious father
2.2 Teddy’s identification with his father
2.3 Essie’s identification with dazzling movie stars
2.4 Clark’s false identification with a suecessful mother
3.Fragmented State in the Symbolic
3.1 Clarence’s loss of faith
3.2 Teddy’s insistence on staying in the Imaginary
3.3 Essie’s unsatisfied desire for fame and family
3.4 Clark’s blind pursuit of God
4.Destruction of Desire and Befalling of Death in the Real
4.1 Clarence’s disenchantment
4.1.1 Inability to be cut off from society
4.1.2 Collapse in disillusionment
4.2 Clark’s wish to embrace the Real in death
5.Conclusion
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