声明
Acknowledgments
Abstract
摘要
CONTENTS
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 The Background of the Writer Alexis Wright
1.2 Description of the Novel Carpentaria
1.2.1 Creation Background of Carpentaria
1.2.2 Plot Summary of Carpentaria
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Existing Researches from home and abroad
2.2 The Innovations of This Thesis
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation
3.1 Emergence of Magic Realism
3.2 Development of Magic Realism
3.3 Features and Main Literary Techniques of Magic Realism
3.3.1 Features of Magic Realism
3.3.2 Main Literary Techniques of Magic Realism
Chapter Four Literary Techniques of Magic Realism Used in Carpentaria
4.1 Blurred Oppositions
4.1.1 The Disruption of Time and Space
4.1.2 The Blurred Boundaries between Life and Death
4.2 Adoption of Symbolism
4.2.1 Totem of Rainbow Serpent
4.2.2 Description of Factual Events
4.3 The Adoption of Mythological Archetypes
4.3.1 Mozzie Fishman and Moses in the Hebrew Bible
4.3.2 Elias Smith and Elijah in the Old Testament
4.3.3 Angel Day and Angels in the Bible
Chapter Five Themes Reflected through Literary Techniques of Magic Realism
5.1 Ancientness and Modernity
5.1.1 The Kinship of Land
5.1.2 The Fights for Land
5.2 Self and the Other
5.2.1 Images of the Other
5.2.2 Awareness of Self
Chapter Six Conclusion
References