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CHAPTER ONE Repetition Motif and Irony in The Natural |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.The Role of Harriet Bird…Tree Imagery |
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Ⅱ.Repeated Suffering(1)…Bird Imagery |
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Ⅲ.Repeated Suffering(2)…Images of“Moon”and“Black” |
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Ⅳ.Irony and Baseball |
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Ⅴ.Ironies in Roy's Baseball Life |
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Ⅵ.Ironies in Roy's Love Affairs |
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Ⅶ.Relief from Irony |
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Conclusion to this Chapter |
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CHAPTER TWO The“White”/“Black”Symbolism in The Assistant:In Relation to the Process of Frank's Transcendency |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.“White”and“Black”in the Relationship between Frank and Morris |
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Ⅱ.“White”and“Black”in the Relationship between Frank and Helen |
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Ⅲ.St Francis' “White”and“Black” |
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Ⅳ.Frank's Reform |
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Ⅴ.Frank's Transcendency |
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Conclusion to this Chapter |
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CHAPTER THREE Movement,Irony,and Nature in A New Life |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.Levin and Movement |
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Ⅱ.Levin and College Teachers |
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Ⅲ.Cyclical Nature as Stage of Irony |
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Ⅳ.Levin's Love for Pauline |
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Ⅴ.Levin's Choices and Future |
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Conclusion to this Chapter |
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CHAPTER FOUR The White/Black Symbo1ism in Severa1 Stories in The Magic Barrel |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.Reconciliation Scenes of Jews…“Angel Levine”and“The Mourners” |
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Ⅱ.Parting Scenes of Jews…“The Loan”and “Take Pity” |
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Ⅲ.White Images and Numbers in“The First Seven Years” |
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CHAPTER FIVE Six,Seven,and Fish in “The Magic Barrel” |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.The Meaning of Six |
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Ⅱ.Salzman's Guidance and Energy |
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Ⅲ.From Six to Seven |
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Conclusion to this Chapter |
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CHAPTER SIX The Theme of Jewishness and Art in “The Last Mohican” |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.Fidelman and Susskind…in Relation to the Traditional Jewish Idea of Mutual Aid |
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Ⅱ.The Deepening of Fidelman's Jewish Consciousness |
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Conclusion of Chapter |
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CHAPTER SEVEN Jews and Blacks in “Black Is My Favorite Color” |
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Ⅰ.The Revision of Charity's Surname |
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Ⅱ.Social Background |
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Ⅲ.The Meaning of the Opening Scene |
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Ⅳ.Blacks and Violence |
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Ⅴ.Jews and Exploitation |
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Ⅵ.Baldwin's Insight and Conclusion to this Chapter |
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CHAPTER EIGHT The Holocaust Described in Bernard Malamud's Stories:“The Lady of the Lake” and “The German Refugee” |
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Preface |
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Ⅰ.The Lady of the Lake |
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Ⅱ.The German Refugee |
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