Abstract Thornton Wilder, an American playwright and novelist, won the Pulitzer Prize for his play Our Town。 Throughout the play, Wilder explores the theme of life and death by focusing on the philosophy of coexistence of life and death, the fusion between Chinese and western culture and the practical significance of coexistence of life and death in the play。 The analysis of the theme of life and death in the play will help to bring out the deep meaning of the play。81659

Key words: practical significance；the theme of life and death; the fusion between Chinese and western culture; our town

摘  要美国剧作家和小说家桑顿·怀尔德其作品《我们的小镇》为他赢得了普利策奖。在整部戏中，怀尔德通过聚焦生死共存的人生哲学、中西方文化的融合、以及生死共存的人生哲学的现实意义三个纬度来探讨生死主题。本文对剧中生死的主题的解析将有助于我们更深层次的把握该剧。

毕业论文关键词: 现实意义；生和死；中西方文化融合；我们的小镇

Contents

1。 Introduction。。。。。1

2。 Literature Review。。。。1

3。 The Theme of Life and Death in Our Town。。。。。。。2

3。1 The philosophy of coexistence of life and death in the play。。。3

3。2 The fusion between Chinese and western culture in the play。。4

3。3 The practical significance of coexistence of life and death in the play。。。9

4。 Conclusion 。10

Works Cited。。。。11

1。 Introduction

Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim。 This Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the small village of Grover。 An allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic。 It is Thornton Wilder。 Most renowned and most frequently performed play。 Our Town mainly describes the season's booth and Webb two family's daily life, to emphasize the value of the ordinary life and the meaning of life, Our Town is a three acts drama, but time is not long span is very big, many people in the first act has been died in the third act。 Wilder, adopted is present different scene at the same time, or in the same scene in different time, to promote the development of the whole story skills comparable to connect is the stage layout of one content is multi-purpose, streamlining the props and rapid conversion time and space background, such as the church wedding guests seats quickly become hallmarks of mounds, s funeral, and so on。 While on the subject, nothing more than small town story dating marriage, physical, called specific "we", but with all the people, not to speak of the universality of the theme

Especially, Wilder, shaped the omnipotent "stage manager" in the play, but to the audience when he introduced the background of the narrator, sometimes the guest all kinds of soy sauce bit player。 Under his comments, or suggest that the conversion plays the pivotal role of time and space。 But he is more important is that he always interrupted suddenly plot, plot revealed ahead of time, in the first two acts "daily life", "love and marriage" on a light background, apply a thick layer of shadow。 When George and Emily hand in hand into marriage halls, guest priest blessing "stage manager" as she said: "the farmhouse, baby stroller, driving a ford travel on Sunday afternoon, the first time, rheumatism, two generations, the second rheumatism, last time, will read - life is dull, nine times out of ten。" The ceremony of funeral monologue, both forecast the tone for the third act, but also to the whole play from ordinary trivial daily slowly into a concentrated the height of the many grand proposition, until all the problems of philosophy on the ultimate question: death论文网

2。 Literature Review