声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 “Textuafity of History’’:Reoccurrence of American History and Society in the Great Depression
1.1 Historical Scenes Constructed in Workers Trilogy
1.1.1 Class Conflicts as Embodied in In Dubious Battle
1.1.2 Nature of Human Loneliness Reflected in Of Mice and Men
1.1.3 Okies Migration Revealed-in The Grapes of Wrath
1.2 Marginalized Characters Interpreted in Workers Trilogy
1.2.1 Jim and McLeod’s Rebellion
1.2.2 Lennie and George’s Tribulation
1.2.3 The Joads and Casy’s Conversion
Chapter 2 “Historicity of Texts’’:Reconstruction of the American Lower-Class Workers’ Own History
2.1 The Outer Influence on Workers Trilogy
2.1.1 The Prevailing Economic Crisis
2.1.2 The Increasing Ecological Impacts
2.1.3 John Steinbeck’s Writing Orientation
2.2 Hauntings of Workers Trilogy in Society and History
2.2.1 Meditation on Social Reconstruction
2.2.2 Meditation on Human Survival Plight
2.2.3 Meditation on the Humanitarian Concerns
Chapter 3 ‘‘Subversion’’ and ‘‘Containment’’:From Exploitation of Capitalist Class to Concession to Capitalist Class
3.1 Subversion of Lingering Social Stability
3.2 Subversion of Ideal American Dream
3.3 Subversion of Existing Material Pursuits
3.4 Containment by the Dominant Social System
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgments
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