The Conflicts and Reconciliations in A Midsummer Night’s Dream开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义

Shakespeare is the most influential dramatist in the history of English literature, in which his work dramatically represented the humanistic character. His representative work A Midsummer Night#8217;s Dream is a love comedy full of romance. This thesis aim to analyze this drama and present that all the conflicts are served for the same theme: there is no shortcut in the pursuit of true love, only perseverance can result in a happy ending.

2. 研究内容和预期目标

This thesis aim to analyze this drama through analyze of writer#8217;s skills in presenting the theme and organizing plots then the conflicts amp; reconciliations. Aim to present that all the conflicts are served for the same theme: there is no shortcut in the pursuit of true love, only perseverance can result in a happy ending.

3. 国内外研究现状

Domestic research: Tian Ni, in her thesis Discussion on Carnival Feature of A Midsummer Night#8217;s Dream plays presents that the dram has become a milestone in the history of literary carnival and play a very important role in continuing Mennnippean and restarting Dostocvaky#8217;s polyphonic novel． Tan Siyuan, in the thesis Finding Concord in Discord: An Analysis of Dramatic Devices in A Midsummer Night#8217;s Dream, try to find the thematic concord behind the discord of the motif of love and marriage, that is, to look for the remedy for our mistakes at the psychic level and avoid the tragedy in physical reality. Foreign research: Taylor, Michael. in his The Darker Purpose of A Midsummer Night#8217;s Dream mentioned that along with our recognition of the obvious innocent delights of A Midsummer Night''s Dream''s dream world, we should also recognize an unfestive reality whose constituents are human pettiness and its concomitant, a stubborn intractability.

4. 计划与进度安排

Outline 1.Introduction of Writer and Work 2.Writer#8217;s Skill in Presenting the Theme and Organizing Plots 3.Conflicts amp; Reconciliations 3.1Lovers 3.1.1Hermia amp; Lysander 3.1.2Helena amp; Demetrius 3.2Generations 3.2.1Daughter amp; Father 3.2.2Young Citizens amp; Old-fashioned Authority 3.3Fairy World 3.3.1Oberon amp; Titania 3.3.2Fairy World amp; Real World 4.Conclusion

5. 参考文献

1.Hugh, Grady. Shakespeare and Impure Aesthetics: The Case of #8220;A Midsummer Night#8217;s Dream#8221;. Washington: George Washington University, 2008. 2.Taylor, Michael. #8220;The Darker Purpose of A Midsummer Night#8217;s Dream.#8221; Studies in English Literature. 2 Sept. 1969. 3.Wyrick, Deborah Baker. #8220;The Ass Motif in The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night''s Dream.#8221; Shakespeare Quarterly. 20 Sept. 1982. 4.田泥. #8220;论《仲夏夜之梦》的狂欢化特征.#8221; 武汉: 华中师范大学, 2006. 5.谭斯元. #8220;寻找不和谐中的和谐---《仲夏夜之梦》戏剧手法分析.#8221;上海：华东师范大学, 2013. 曾艳兵. #8220;莎士比亚戏剧中的矛盾修饰法. #8221;外国文学研究3(2008): 90-94.