声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Tim Winton and his Works
1.2 Literature Review on Cloudstreet
1.2.1 Studies Abroad
1.2.2 Studies at Home
1.3 Significance and Purpose of the Study
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter Two Theoretical Framework
2.1 Binary Opposition and Structuralism
2.1.1 Linguistie Basis of the Principle of Binary Opposition
2.1.3 Theory of Claude Lévi-Strauss
2.1.4 Roland Barthes’ Assumption
2.2 Application of Binary Opposition to Literary Criticism
Chapter Three Binary Opposition and Its Reconciliatio Between Man and Man
3.1 Masculine Females and Emasculated Males
3.1.1 Heroes and Heroines’ Love and Marriage
3.1.2 Heroes and Heroines’ Discourse Power and Privilege
3.2 Frustrated Middle-aged Man and Nostalgia Young Adults
3.3 Reconciliation Between Man and Man
Chapter Four Binary Opposition and Its Reconciliation Between Man and Society
4.1 Individual’s Deviation from Society
4.1.1 Alienation from Family
4.1.2 Departure from Hometown
4.1.3 Exclusion from the Local Society
4.2 Aboriginal People’s Existential Anxiety in Society
4.2.1 Cognition on National Identity and Racial Diversity
4.2.2 Racial Identity Crisis and Social Status Identity
4.3 Reconciliation Between Man and Society
Chapter Five Binary Opposition and Its Reconciliation Between Man and Nature
5.1 Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism
5.2 Human Beings’ Dilemma in Nature and Adaptation to Nature
5.3 Reconciliation Between Man and Nature
Chapter Six Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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