声明
Contents
摘要
ABSTRACT
Introduction
1.Willa Cather and Her Writing
2.Literature Review
2.1 A Brief Introduction to The Professor’s House and Death Comes for the Archbishop
2.2 The Literature Review of the Two Novels
3.A Summarized Presentation of Identity Construction Theory
3.1 The Concept of Identity and Relevant Theories
3.2 Theoretical Mechanism of Identity Construction and Correlative Propositions
4.Thesis Statement and Organization
Chapter One Transitional Period—Late 19th Century to Early 20th Century
1.1 The First World War
1.2 The Development of Industrial Civilization and the Rising of A Consumer Society
1.3 Cultural Nationalism and the Americanization Movement
1.3.1 Cultural Nationalism
1.3.2 The Americanization Movement
Chapter Two The Self Quest and Identity Construction
2.1 Willa Cather’s Exploration and Concept of Identity
2.2 The Subjects’ Identity Anxiety and Confusion
2.2.1 The Frustrated Intellectual—-Professor St.Peter
2.2.2 The Wandering Spirit—Tom Outland
2.2.3 The Jewish Elite—Louie Marsellus
2.2.4.The Pioneers in the Southwest—Father Latour and Father Vaillant
2.2.5 The Guardians of the Indians—Jacinto,Eusabio,and Manuelito
2.3 The Subjects’ Pursuit and Construction of Identity
2.3.1 Memory and Identity Construction
2.3.2 Language and Identity Construction
2.3.3 Space and Identity Construction
Chapter Three Cultural Fusion—Reshaping the Identity and Approaching Diverse Symbiosis
3.1 Willa Cather’s Awareness of Multiculturalism
3.2 Exploring National Cultural Identity in the Cultural Worship and Identification
3.2.1 From the Relics of Cliff City to the Actual Present Indian People
3.2.2 From Solitary Self Maintaining to Assimilating into Communities
3.3 The Preservation of Multi-identity Under Integration
3.3.1 The Methods and Media of the Subjects’ Integration
3.3.2 The Strategies for the Preservation of Multi-identity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments