1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述包含参考文献）

1. introduction

1.1 research background

theodore dreiser(1871-1945) has been widely acclaimed asthe firstoutstanding writer in the 20th century american literature , the pioneer of modern novels and one of the realism writer in the history of american literature , whose works centering on the social status and people in the pursuit of something about materialsand desires of the 20th century have profound influence on the trend of works style of realism and established his fame as the author advocating new ideology. in 1944, dreiser was honored by the national institute of art and literature for the demonstration of naturalism in his works, sister carrie in particular, a detailed tragedy about the heroic sacrifice of the american maiden. dreiser did not gain his famous for his style, but the reality of his works, the development of the characters changing and hisviews of american life. meanwhile, he cultivated a fascination for books since childhood and family lasted for his entire life, which rendered it available for him to flexibly borrow and utilize the fruits of the predecessors to develop his own writing features,wide social images, rich plot twists, intensive psychological description, different scenarios of contrast methods and characteristics of language, reflected in his works. for example, it can be easily found that people in the pursuit of something about materialsand desiresexerted great influence on most of dreiser#8217;s works and that like carrie, born at the bottom of society mill worker's daughter and not willing to live in this boring life in the countryside, she showed strong objection to tragedy life view ”there is nothing so inspiring in life as the light of a legitimate ambition, no matter how incipient ”.it can also be easily found that social status exerted great influence on most of dreiser#8217;s works and that like hurstwood, living in the rich powerful and prosperous life before, but once lost money and status , finally fell to the bottom of the capitalist society. as american critics once claimed, dreiser#8217;s works was loyal to life, bold innovation, dreiser's influence on american literature lies in the breaking in the "elegance" in american literature tradition through the traditional thinking in american literature and the american novels. literaturehas brought a revolution to the united states, along with william faulkner, ernest hemingway, listed as only three novelist of the first world war in the united states. he was also a naturalist and his masterpieces include: sister carrie ,financiers and jenny girl.in literature and art , the united states awarded him the honorable representation.he is to take the lead in unbiased truthfully described the new urban life in the united states, after whom decoration.

2. 研究的基本内容、问题解决措施及方案