威廉·斯泰倫（1925-2006）被公認(rèn)為是二戰(zhàn)后期美國最富成就和創(chuàng)新的小說家。《蘇菲的選擇》是他創(chuàng)作的一部現(xiàn)實主義小說。在當(dāng)時以奧斯維辛大屠殺為背景的作品對一個作家來說是一個極為冒險的嘗試。斯泰倫沒有隨從西方傳統(tǒng)文學(xué)去從頭到尾紀(jì)實這一歷史事件,而是將焦點對準(zhǔn)了被生活淹沒的普通人蘇菲,一個非猶太天主教徒,并著重講述了戰(zhàn)爭對蘇菲后來生活的巨大影響。 小說大部分由斯汀戈以第一人稱的身份來講述,里邊包括蘇菲對自己童年、戰(zhàn)爭時期的華沙以及在奧斯維辛當(dāng)囚犯的回憶。通過對蘇菲在集中營和戰(zhàn)后來到紐約生活的描寫,斯泰倫展示了一個令人悲傷又給人啟迪的故事,讓讀者不禁對人類的罪惡本質(zhì)進(jìn)行思考。通過小說中的兩個重要歷史背景:二戰(zhàn)和美國南方蓄奴制,本篇論文分別從宏觀和個人角度對人類的罪惡本質(zhì)進(jìn)行了剖析。宗教理論同樣被用來探討在一個人經(jīng)歷了諸如戰(zhàn)爭、蓄奴制等可怕的事情之后,宗教信仰在個人心中是否還能站立得住。論文的另一個創(chuàng)新點在于采用心理學(xué)理論—現(xiàn)象意識和取用意識對蘇菲戰(zhàn)后的自卑和自責(zé)心理進(jìn)行解析,從而挖掘她放棄信仰最終選擇自殺的原因。 本篇論文分為五個章節(jié)。在第一章里介紹了作者、情節(jié)、寫作... 

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【文章目錄】：
摘要
Abstract
1 Introduction
    1.1 The Authorship
        1.1.1 Early novels
        1.1.2 Later works
    1.2 The Introduction of the Novel Sophie's Choice
        1.2.1 Plot summary
        1.2.2 Style
        1.2.3 Major themes
    1.3 Literature Review and Innovation of This Thesis
2 The Nature of Human Sin
    2.1 World War Ⅱ
        2.1.1 Madagascar Plan
        2.1.2 Concentration Camps
        2.1.3 Gas Chambers
    2.2 Slavery in the South
        2.2.1 Beginnings
        2.2.2 Spread of Slavery
        2.2.3 Slavery in the US
        2.2.4 Slave Treatment
        2.2.5 Slave Life
    2.3 Psychological Process of Human Sin
        2.3.1 Evil in Humanity
        2.3.2 Split Personality
        2.3.3 The Devil's Advocates in Split Personality
3 The Shadow Left on Sophie after World War Ⅱ
    3.1 Phenomenal and Access Consciousness
        3.1.1 Self-accusation and Self-abasement
        3.1.2 Sophie's Self-accusation and Self-abasement
    3.2 The Loss of Sophie's Religious Faith
        3.2.1 A Good God in an Evil World?
        3.2.2 Evil is Something
        3.2.3 Evil is not Some Thing
        3.2.4 Evil and Freedom
        3.2.5 The Smoking Gun
        3.2.6 The Patience of God
        3.2.7 The Reason for Sophie's Faith Loss
    3.3 The Reason for Sophie's Final Choice of Death
4 Personal Sense of Sin
    4.1 Sexual Politics and Confessional Testimony
    4.2 Sophie's Sense of Sin
    4.3 Stingo's Sense of Sin
5 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
The Published Paper
Acknowledgements



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