An Analysis of the Characters of the Hero Tom in the Novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin开题报告

 2022-07-13 15:21:28

1. 研究目的与意义

In 1861, the war between South and North broke out on American land; in 1861, the war of slavery emancipation which erupted in America and permeated into the rest of the world made the whole world shaking. The whole humanity was angry, and the whole Negroes were crying#8230; Harriet Beecher Stowe, the little woman who wrote Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin, was actually the person who waged the war in literal field. A case in point is the book Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin wrote around a well-suffering slave uncle Tom#8217;s story to reveal the salves#8217; poor life and slave owners#8217; cruelty in America. The tragic image of uncle Tom flintily exposed the atrocity of helotism; therefore, people in the north were stirred by righteous wrath which led to the American Civil War in the 1960s.

Uncle Tom is the main character in Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin who ups and downs in his whole life. Unlike George Harris, Uncle Tom accepted all prosperities and adversities befalling upon him, he accepted them sedately and meekly by the support of his Christian religion. Many foreign and domestic scholars have expressed their viewpoints since it publication; among them, some appraised Uncle Tom and some criticized him. Though Uncle Tom has his own personal failings and different critics have different opinions toward him, no one would deny that he is an honest, loyal and affectionate man. Through the characterization of uncle Tom, I want to convey some information about for a people, the survival of the community is his environment, his survival and development there is a great impact. And at the same time, a vivid image of literary characters can also affect a person、a country even an era and the spirit of one country.

In this case, this thesis is designed to study the main character uncle Tom, in order to deeply analyze this miserable, poor but sublimate, admirable slave and to remind the whites#8217; and the whole world#8217;s humanity.

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2. 研究内容和预期目标

Research contents:

1. The disposition and characteristic of the main character Tom in Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin.

2. The influences of Tom#8217;s words and deeds、character and mind activity to the American society and literary world as well as the liberation movement.

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3. 国内外研究现状

Three times in over a century, the main character Tom in Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin gained major attention in China. Its acceptance in China has varied with the radical changes in Chinese society, largely affected by ideological factors. The novel has been employed to accommodate political and cultural needs. And at the same time, the uncle Tom#8217;s appearance let more and more Chinese sociologists as well as civilian pay close attention to the issue of human rights. Nowadays, people begin to focus on the unequal situation which is still an overwhelming problem in some remote and distressed areas in China. And the main character uncle Tom is the foundation of their research.

In the American literary, the scholars obtain from the characterization of uncle Tom to conduct the research that can study it influences to the American society and literary world as well as the liberation movement.

4. 计划与进度安排

Research methods are as follows:

1. Literature survey. The document literature of this paper mainly comes from domestic and foreign related academic works, network literature information resources, and other literature related to this thesis Analysis of the main character Tom in Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin. All of these mentioned above lay the foundation of this paper.

2. Questionnaire survey. According to the information required by this research, by reviewing related literature and under the guidance of instructor, I will design the questionnaire and conduct questionnaire survey. From this method to know how different people comment on the main character Tom in Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin.

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5. 参考文献

1.Harry Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin [M], New York: Bantan books Inc, 1981:94.

2.Jane P. Thompkins, #8220;Sentimental Power: Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin and the Politics of Literary History#8221;. In: Sacvan Bercovitch (ed). Ideology and Classic American Literature [Z]. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986:267-293.

3.Ammons, Elizabelth. Uncle Tom#8217;s Cabin: Authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism [Z]. New York: W. W. Norton amp; Company, 1994.

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