Abstract Alice Munro is a famous contemporary Canadian short-story writer. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 and was considered as a master of the contemporary short stories. She is also the winner of Man Booker International Prize, the Governor-General’s Awards, the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize. Most of her works are set in the place where she lived in her childhood and are relevant to her personal life. The present study centers on one of her short stories, Nettles, to interpret the protagonists’ emotional crisis with the combination of Munro’s personal life. 41719
This thesis aims to interpret the characters’ emotional crisis in combination with historical background and personal experiences of the author in order to reveal the two sides of life. Finally a conclusion is drawn that life is frustrating and beautiful. As long as we stick to cherished values, we can find the beauty of life and enjoy it.
Through the analysis of the story and the writer, we can have a better understanding of the emotional crisis and mental crisis the westerners go through in particular times and have a taste of spiritual enjoyment.
Key words: Alice Munro; Nettles; emotional crisis; personal life
摘要艾丽丝•门罗是当代著名的加拿大短篇小说家。她于2013年斩获诺贝尔文学奖并被冠以“当代小说大师”。除此之外，她还获得过曼氏布克国际文学奖，加拿大总督文学奖，加拿大吉勒文学奖，英联邦作家奖。门罗的很多作品取材于她童年所居之地并且夹杂个人的经历。她擅长用平淡的叙述揭示生活中复杂深刻的道理，表现出深刻的人文关怀。本篇论文选择艾丽丝•门罗的一个短篇小说《荨麻子》，并结合门罗的个人经历来解读小说中主人公的情感危机。
本文结合作品的时代背景和作者个人的经历来分析小说主人公的情感危机并揭示生活的两面性，即生活是充满各种沮丧、失望，但同时也是美好的。只要坚守优秀的价值观，就能发现生活的美并且享受生活。
通过对作家及作品的分析，我们可以更好地了解特定历史时期西方人所经历的精神危机、情感危机，领略文学大师带给我们的精神享受。
毕业论文关键词：艾丽丝•门罗； 《荨麻子》; 情感危机； 个人经历
Contents
Abstractiii
摘要iv
Introduction.1
1. Introduction to Alice Munro and her works1
2. Significance of the study.3
3. Overall Structure.4
Chapter One The Emotional Crisis of the Male Protagonist4
1.1 Tasting the hardship of life 4
1.2 Going out of self-blame6
Chapter Two The Emotional Crisis of the Female Protagonist7
2.1 Searching for the true love.7
2.2 The conflict between reality and dream10
Chapter Three The Causes of and Solutions to the Emotional Crisis.12
3.1 Revelation of the frustrating reality12
3.2 Singing of the beauty of life.13
Conclusion.14
Works Cited.15
An Interpretation of Characters’ Emotional Crisis in Alice Munro’s Nettles
Introduction
1. An introduction to Alice Munro and her works
Alice Munro was born in the community of Wingham in North Huron of Ontario, Canada in 1931. She enjoys a good reputation in Canada and America as a short story writer. She has published more than 200 works—13 collection of short stories and a novel. Many of her works manifest the feature of regional focus and were set in Huron, Ontario where Alice Munro spent most of her childhood. The major achievement of Alice Munro is to have conquered popularity and fame almost all over the world by dedicating her whole production to a rather unpopular and neglected genre: the short story. As a result, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 and was considered as a master of the contemporary short story. Apart from that, many prizes in literature had been presented to her before 2013, such as the Man Booker International Prize, the Governor-General’s Awards, the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize. What’ more, she was listed as one of the 100 most influential figures in the world by TIME in 2005. 艾丽丝•门罗《荨麻子》主人公情感危机:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_41865.html