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A Comparative Study of Sister Carrie and Xiangzi Based on Environmental Determinism
HUANG Linling, YAN Chunmei
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2021.09.005
Quzhou University, Quzhou, China
Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and Lao She’s Camel Xiangzi are two classic novels. Both of them demonstrate the decisive influence of environmental factors on the characters’ destiny. This paper tries to explore their tragic fates comparatively based on environmental determinism. Actually, the two protagonists of two novels were both dream chasers in social changes at first, and then they transformed into strugglers under the oppression of patriarchy and biological power, and eventually they became victims of the social values under the fateful role of the environment. Obviously, the fights between the two protagonists and the environment have certain enlightening effects on current human life and the process of urbanization.
environmental determinism, Sister Carrie, Xiangzi, comparative study
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