文档介绍：1 TOWARDS SATIRE IN VINITY FAIR Written by Supervised by Professor AT hesis Submitted to Foreign Languages College Shanghai Normal University In Partial F ulfillment of the Requirements for T heD egree of Bachelor of Arts In English Language April , 200 72 Contents Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………..4 Abstract in English ……………………………………………………………… 5 Abstract in Chinese ……………………………………………………………… 6 I Introduction Brief Survey of Relevant Literature …………………. ………… Main Ideas and Arrangement of the Thesis ………………………….. 7 II Brief Discussion of Satire …………………………. ………… 7 Definition of satire ……………..………………………………......... .. 7 Function of satire ……………..……………………………………….. 8 Examples of satire …………………………..………………………… 8 III Panorama of Satire in Vanity Fair …………………………….. 9 Overall evaluation of Vanity Fair ………………………..………….… 9 . Brief introduction to the author ……………………………………….. 9 novel without a hero ………………….…………………………….. 10 IV Strategic Schemes of Satire in Vanity Fair ……………………. 11 mentaries ……………………………………………….. 11 Caricatures ……………………………………………………………..12 Satirical ending ………………………………………………………...13 Themes ………………………………………………………………… 14 Contrasts and coexistence of contradictions …………………………...15 Contrast of two heroines ……………………………………….15 Satire and sentiment …………………………………………...15 Fashion and war ………………………………………………..16 Illusion and reality …………………………………………….. 17 V Satirical Targets in Vanity Fair ………………………………... 17 3 Gentleman ………………………………………………….………….. 17 Lady …………………………………………………………………… 18 Main characters: Becky Sharp & Amelia Sedley ……………..…….…18 Marriage …………………………………………………………….…20 Human beings modities ………………………………………..21 Dark side of human nature …………………………………….……….21 Distorted value system ………………………………………………… 21 Gossip and rumor ……………………………………………………… 22 Ⅵ Conclusion ……………. …… 22 4 Acknowledgements As an undergraduate, I am very grateful toa number of people for their