声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One The‘‘Dirty’’Features of the Language
1．1 The Sparseness of the Sentences in‘‘Fat’’and‘‘Mr．Coffee and Mr．Fixit”
1．2 The Colloquial Languages of the Blue-collar Workers in“One More Thing”and“Feathers’’
1．3 The Aimless Dialogues in“The Bath”and“What’s in Alaska?”
Chapter Two The‘‘Dirty’’Aspects of the Real Life—Themes in Raymond Carver’s Short Stories
2．1 The Alcohol Problem in“Where I'm Calling From’’
2．2 The Unemployment in‘‘Preservation’’and‘‘Vitamins’’
2．3 The Disharmonious Family in‘‘Popular Mechanics”
Chapter Three The Narrative Features in Carver’s Dirty Realism
3．1 The Limited Narrative Point of View and the Narrow Narrative Scene in“Neighbors”and“Preservation’’
3．2 The Incoherent Narrative Structure
3．3 The Neutralized Narrative Tone in“So Much Water So Close to Home”and“Popular Mechanics”
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
