1、An Analysis of Protagonists Personalities in A Christmas Carols 解析圣诞颂歌中主人公的性格特征,指导老师： 班 级： 答辩学生： 学 号：,Abstract,A Christmas Carols is one of the classic Christmas novels of Charles Dickens, having been loved by people and being passed on the Christmas custom from then on. The novel describes the whol
2、e process the protagonist as a mean and unkind miser turns into a generous and kind person, visited by three spirits respectively from the past, the present and the future. Combined with the miserable childhood experience in the Victorian, the thesis also analyses the influence of the three spirits
3、visiting and reflects the character of capitalist loving money to death and miserable fate of the poor by new historicism in historicity of texts and textuality of history. This novel not only tells the exploitations which capitalist brings to the poor, but also reveals the truth that human being go
4、od by nature. People should be encouraged to get rid of all kinds of temptation and being warm-hearted to help others, which makes us live in the harmonious society.,Contents,1Introduction 2New Historicism 2.1 The Definition of New Historicism 2.2 The Developmet of New Historicism 2.3 The Characteri
5、stics of New Historicism 2.3.1 Textuality of History 2.3.2 Historicity of Texts 3Personalities of Scrooge 3.1 Redemption and Confusion 3.1.1 Marleys Death 3.1.2 Constraint by Money 3.2 Loneliness and Miesry 3.2.1 The Spirit of the Past 3.2.2 Introduction on Dickens 3.3 Criticism and Disaster 3.3.1 T
6、he Spirit of the Present 3.3.2 Introduction on Victorian Era 3.4 Kindness and Gratefulness 3.4.1 The Spirit of the Future 3.4.2 Cultural Influence on Christmas 4New Historicism in A Christmas Carols 4.1 Different periods of Scrooge 4.2 Marginalized Characters 4.2.1 Dead Marley 4.2.2 Poor Bob 5Conclu
7、sion,Significance of Writing this Thesis,Significance of Writing this Thesis,Significance of Writing this Thesis,Contents,1Introduction1.1 The Objective of this Thesis 1.2 The Methodology of this Thesis 1.3 The Structures of this Thesis. 1.4 The Significance of this Thesis,Contents,2New Historicism
8、2.1 The Definition of New Historicism 2.2 The Development of New Historicism 2.3 The Characteristics of New Historicism 2.3.1 Textuality of History 2.3.2 Historicity of Texts,3Personalities of Scrooge 3.1 Redemption and Confusion 3.1.1 Marleys Death 3.1.2 Constraint by Money3.2 Loneliness and Miesry
9、 3.2.1 The Spirit of the Past 3.2.2 Introduction on Dickens3.3 Criticism and Disaster 3.3.1 The Spirit of the Present 3.3.2 Introduction on Victorian Era 3.4 Kindness and Gratefulness 3.4.1 The Spirit of the Future 3.4.2 Cultural Influence on Christmas,Contents,4New Historicism in A Christmas Carols
10、 4.1 Different periods of Scrooge 4.2 Marginalized Characters 4.2.1 Dead Marley 4.2.2 Poor Bob,Contents,Contents,5Conclusion,Many people have made invaluable contributions, both directly and indirectly to my thesis. I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Associate Prof. Xie Li, my superviso
11、r, for her instructive suggestions and valuable comments on the writing of this thesis. Without her invaluable help and generous encouragement, the present thesis would never have been accomplished. She has gave me a hand to hidden my horizons and thoughts so that I can have one more new prospective
12、 to think about this novel, this writer and social meaning to us. My supervisor also has spent much her personal time to know what we really want to write and made it more reasonable.At the same time, I am also grateful that Associate Prof. Huaying and Lecturer. Li Liantao provide me with valuable a
13、dvice, and give me related resources on my thesis. Both of them suggest me to find a related theory to support this thesis, which help me a lot in some degree. Its my supervisor who has help me and support me during the whole writing, besides, the other two teacher, Huaying and Li Liantao give me some pretty awesome suggestions which make my thesis more reasonable and more valuable. In a word, thanks all of my dear teachers.,Acknowledgements,Thank you !,Please give me some valuable advices and suggestions!,
