Goodevening,alltheappraisercommitteemembers.IcomefromHUST,majoringinforeignlinguisticsandappliedlinguistics.Iam______andmysupervisorisprof.______.Withhersincereandintellectualguidance,fornearlyonewholeyear'shardwork,Ihavefinishedmypaper.Finally,itistheshowtime.ThiseveningIwillpresentmyeffortstoyouallandIgratefullywelcomeanycorrection.
ThetitleofmypaperisAStudyoftheCausesoftheGothicStyle
inARoseforEmilyfromaFeministPerspective.Ichoosethisasmytopicduetothefollowingreasons.Firstly,Iamfondofliteratureworks,especiallygothicliteratureworks.Secondly,IamquitefamiliarwiththisshortstoryasthisisoneofthetextsinourintensiveteachingcourseandIhavetaughtthistextformorethan3times.Lastbutnottheleast,asafemale,Iamkeenonthestudyoffeminism.Fortheabovefacts,IselectthesubjectofAStudyoftheCausesoftheGothicStyleinARoseforEmilyfromaFeministPerspectiveasthetitleofmypaper.
IhopebystudyingthisshortstorywecanknowmoreaboutAmericansouthernwomenincertainhistoryandcultureandmoreimportantlyhelpwomeninmodernsocietygetadeeperunderstandingaboutourselves,helpusraiseourindependenceandconfidenceandshowmoreconcernforourmentalhealth.
Next,Iwillpresentittoyou.Hereisanoutlineofmypresentation.Theyareliteraturereview,gothictradition,thegothicstyleinthestoryandthecausesofthegothicstyle.
Thispaperconsistsofsixparts.PartonepresentsanintroductiontotheauthorWilliamFaulknerandARoseforEmilybypointingoutthepurposeandsignificanceofthisstudy.Parttwoisliteraturereviewwhichintroducestherelevantresearchaboutthisnovelathomeandabroadandthenpointsoutthetheoreticalbasisandmethods.Partthreegivesatimelineofthegothictraditioninliteratureandexplainsthemaincharacteristicsofgothicworks.Partfourexplainsthethreeaspectsofthegothicstyleinthenovel，thatis,thedeaththeme,grotesquecharactersandmysticatmosphere.Partfivethenexplainsindetailthecausesofthegothicstyleinthisnovel:patriarchaloppression,themythofsouthernladyhoodandEmily’sattitudetowardslove.Finally,intheconclusion,theauthorsummarizesthepreviouspartsandemphasizesthesignificanceoftheargumentofthethesisagain.