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The Thematic Function of Dream Description in My Platonic Sweetheart
MA Li
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2023.02.003
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Mark Twain is one of the most famous writers of the nineteenth century, his works have a large number of descriptions of dreams, in Mark Twain’s short story My Platonic Sweetheart, the author describes a dream that constantly repeats itself in his life. The dream description in the novel is not only part of the narrative structure of the article, but also expresses the theme of the article, through the close reading of the text, taking dream description as the starting point, the author of this thesis analyzes the dream description in My Platonic Sweetheart, exploring the thematic role of dream description in the novel, and analyzing what the author wants to express and how the author expresses his spiritual pursuit through dream description.
dream description, signfier and signified, adulthood, childhood
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, February 2023, Vol. 13, No. 2, 76-81
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