The Interpretation of Post-80s Females

The Interpretation of Values of Post-80s Females
—the Comparison of Carrie and Yang Zixi


Xu Huiyan



A thesis submitted to Foreign Languages Department
in partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts


Under the supervision of
Associate Professor Lei Haiyan

Huake College, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology

June 2012
Acknowledgments


    I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this paper. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to my supervisor, Lei Haiyan. Without her inspiring instructions, kind support and constant encouragement this paper would have been impossible. I thank her for her respectable strict attitude, which deeply impressed me during the supervision of this paper and will go on influencing me in my future study, work and life. I thank the teachers who taught me in the Foreign Languages Department for their instruction and devotion, which made my staying here fruitful and rewarding.
    At this moment, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the paper.



















Contents
Abstract ……………………………………………………………i
摘 要     ……………………………………………………………ii
1. Introduction   ……………………………………………………1
2. Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie   ……………………………1
  2.1 Theodore Dreiser …………………………………………………2
  2.2 Sister Carrie ……………………………………………………3
3. Beijing Love Story and Yang Zixi ………………………………4
  3.1 Beijing Love Story ………………………………………………4
  3.2 Yang Zixi ………………………………………………………4
4. The Comparison of Carrie and Yang Zixi   ……………………5
  4.1 The Resemblances between Carrie and Yang Zixi   …………………5
    4.1.1 Youth and Dream   ……………………………………………5
    4.1.2 Temptations and Lust …………………………………………6
    4.1.3 Love and Choice...