约翰逊在《艾迪生传》中的偏袒 Samuel Johnsons Favoritism in his Life of Addison开题报告

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1. 研究目的与意义

Samuel Johnson is an English writer whomade lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist,literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The Lives of thePoets is his most famous work that records and discusses the lives andachievements of 52 English poets in the past dynasties. In the book, Johnsonput forward many unique views and made comments on those important poets, hisideas of literary and artistic creation were also showed in it. In hiscriticism of the poets, Johnson laid emphasis on the meter, elegance and socialethics. And his standards for judging poets were erratic and often tinged with hispersonal prejudices.

The research focuses on the analysis of thefavoritism in Johnson’s Life of Addison. Joseph Addison is one of themost significant writers in English literature. Johnson thought highly ofAddison and his works. Some people think that Johnson showed favoritism in The Life of Addison, but actually it is Johnson’s styleof writing. Johnson''s personal life experience and literary accomplishments madehim form a unique paradigm of literary criticism. He made comments fromdifferent point of view, which helps us learn about Joseph Addison ina dialectic way. By understanding and explaining the style and characteristicsof Addison with his own critical standard, he can not only enrich readers''knowledge of the literary giant Addison , but also improve their ability ofcritical thinking.

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2. 研究内容和预期目标

The Life of Addison is a general record of the life and works of Joseph Addison,Johnson put forward many unique views and made comments with his own criticalstandard. By analyzing the favoritism shown in the book, the paper aims to explainthe reasons why Johnson seemed to show favoritism in the book and let peopleknow more about Johnson’s writing style.

The essay focuses on the favoritismreflected in the book and is divided into two parts. Chapter one is mainlyabout the details of the favoritism shown in the book, it includes three parts:the favoritism to Addison’s works, both his drama and essay, the favoritism toAddison’s political career, and the favoritism to Addison’s lifestyle. Chaptertwo also consists of three parts, which mainly analysesthe reasons why Johnson seemed to show favoritism in the book. The firstreason is related to Addison’s work. The second reason is related to hiscareer, mainly focuses on his political career. And the last reason isconnected with his lifestyle.

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3. 国内外研究现状

In recent years,great achievements have been made by scholars both at home and abroad in thestudies of Samuel Johnson as well as his works. Many of the papers that relate to The Lives of the Poets focuson its writing style and great significance in history. They are mainlyconcerned with Johnson’s criticism and personal experience, and most of themare the overall assessment of the book rather than specific studies in one ofthe biographies.

Pat Rogers’s research focused on Johnson’sworks, he did a combined analysis of Johnson''s Lives of the Poets andthe Biographic Dictionaries. There are other people who analyze the bookfrom different aspects. For instance, Mark W. Booth analyzed the proportion andvalue in Johnson''s Lives of the Poets, and he gave his view.

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4. 计划与进度安排

Outline

Chapter1 Favoritism

1.1 To Addison’s works (drama amp; essay)

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5. 参考文献

Battersby,J. L. (1969). Johnson and Shiels: Biographers of Addison. Studies in EnglishLiterature, 1500-1900, 9(3), 521–537.

Blaisdell,A. F. (1877). Outlines for the Study of Addison. New England Journal ofEducation, 5(11), 121–122.

Booth, M.W. (1978). Proportion and Value in Johnson’s “Lives of the Poets.” SouthAtlantic Bulletin, 43(1), 49–57.

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