（一）主要內容

    本人畢業論文的題目是“論杰克·凱魯亞克《達摩流浪者》中的極樂至福精神(The Beatific Spirit in Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums)”。畢業論文的主要內容是通過對杰克·凱魯亞克《達摩流浪者》這本小說中的主人公雷和賈菲兩人的一些行為或經歷（例如旅行流浪，參禪，研習中國唐代詩人寒山的詩歌，登山等）的分析，來表現出杰克·凱魯亞克及其所代表的“垮掉的一代”對于“beatific”極樂至福的這種理念或生活方式的追求和在追求這種極樂至福精神的過程中的反抗，叛逆，決絕，青春的激情和放蕩，難得的清醒以及與當時主流社會中的中產階級生活方式的徹底決裂等。

（二）基本要求

1.首先認真研讀文本以及指定的參考資料并寫出文獻綜述；

2.在文獻綜述的基礎上考慮論文題目與主題思想（Thesis Statement）

3.主題思想描述要求：

A thesis statement is a single sentence that formulates both your topic and your point of view. In a sense, the thesis statement is your answer to the central question or problem you have raised. Writing this statement will enable you to see where you are heading and to remain on a productive path as you plan and write. What purpose will you try to achieve in the paper? Do you want to describe something, explain something, argue for a certain point of view, or persuade your reader to think or do something?

4．論文寫作要求論點正確，文本分析/解讀透徹并支持論點；

5．要求論文行文通順、邏輯性強、文風平實、資料詳實、引言有出處；

6．要求參考資料多為正規出版物，保證其作家權威性、資料精確性、且作為文學評論專著的長期有效性。

二、主要參考資料

[1]Charters, An. Ed. The Portable Beat Reader. New York: Penguin, 1992

[2]Giamo, Benedict. “Enlightened Attachment: Kerouac’s Impermanent Buddhist Trek.” Religion & Literature 35 (2003): 173-206

[3]Hallberstam, David. The Fifties. New York: Ballantine, 1994

[4]Hart, John E. “Future Hero in Paradise: Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums.” Studies in Modern Fiction 14.3 (1973): 52-56

[5]Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. 1958. New York: Penguin, 1976.

[6]Leer, Norman. “Three American Novels and Contemporary Society: A Search for Commitment.” Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 3.3 (1962): 7, 62-86.

[7]Robertson, David. “Real matter, Spiritual Mountain: Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac on Mt.Tamalpais.” Western American Literature 27 (1992): 209-226.

[8]Thoreau, Henry David. Walden or Life in the Woods and “On The Duty of Civil Disobedience.” New York: Signet, 1960.

[9]Tytell, John. Naked Angels. New York: Grove, 2001. 

[10]Woods, William Crawford. “A New Field’: A Note on The Dharma Bums.” Review of Contemporary Fiction 3.2 (1983): 7-14.

[11]文楚安(Wen, Chu-an). “垮掉的一代”及其他. 成都: 四川大學出版社, 2002.