1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

By analyzing the characters and plots in the novel Olive Kitteridge, this essay aims to reveal the problems of the elderly's lives in the US, including marriage relationships, parent-child relationships, the indifference of modern American community and so on.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

1. analyzing characters and plots in the novel olive kitteridge.

2. researching on the current situation and problems of the aging american society.

3. making comparison between the lives of the chinese senior citizens and that of americans.

3. 研究计划与安排

before 20th january : settlement of the title

before20th march: submission of the outline

4. 参考文献（12篇以上）

[1]柳青柳青,宫玉波. 回归生命的底色——生态女性主义视阈下的《奥丽芙·基特里奇》探论 国际关系学院外语学院; 北京交通大学语言与传播学院, 2014

[2]陈广兴. 普利策小说奖凸显老人关怀——从伊·斯特鲁特的《奥利芙·吉特里奇》获奖说起 上海外国语大学文学研究院，2009



[3]陈广兴. 审视当前欧美文学流行的“老人”作品 上海外国语大学文学研院，2010



[4]elizabeth strout. olive kitteridge, 2008



[5]rae-lee kruger. fighting the fear: everyday terror in the american short story collection after 9/11 a study of jennifer egan'sa visit from the goon squad and elizabeth strout's olive kitteridge, macewan university student ejournal, 2016

[6]ellen a. kramarow. the elderly who live alone in the united states: historical perspectives on household change, 1995

[7]peter debruge. small town life gets an 'olive' branch, 2014