声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter one Introduction
1.1 Peter Carey and His Works
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Theoretical Background
1.4 Significance of the Study
Chapter Two Causes of Trauma in the Novel
2.1 Causes of Individual Trauma
2.1.1 Physical Wound of Tristan Smith
2.1.2 Unusual Parentage
2.2 Imperialist Hegemony
2.2.1 Political Interference
2.2.2 Sirkus Dominance
Chapter Three Symptoms of Trauma in the Novel
3.1 Individual Level
3.1.1 Sense of Unsafety
3.1.2 Paranoiac Obsession with Acting
3.1.3 National Identity Crisis
3.2 Collective Level
3.2.1 Sense of Secondrateness
3.2.2 Contradictory Attitude Towards Voorstand
Chapter Four Recovery of Trauma
4.1 Recovery within the Novel
4.1.1 Getting out of the Costume:From Mouse to Tristan
4.1.2 Seeking for a Way out:Reconstructing Collective Identity
4.2 Carey’s Narrative Employment: Practical Endeavor Towards Australian National Traumatic Recovery
Chapter Five Conclusion
References
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