（一）主要內(nèi)容

Blanche是整篇戲劇《欲望號(hào)街車》中的一位沒落的白人貴族。本文通過分析主人公Blanche精神崩潰的原因，論述了欲望是人們的致命弱點(diǎn)，以及時(shí)代對(duì)于人們生活的重大影響。本文意圖通過對(duì)本戲劇特殊的時(shí)代背景的分析，揭露了又一個(gè)美國夢的破滅。

（二）基本要求

1.首先認(rèn)真研讀文本以及指定的參考資料并寫出文獻(xiàn)綜述；

2.在文獻(xiàn)綜述的基礎(chǔ)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(diǎn)正確，文本分析/解讀透徹并支持論點(diǎn)；

5．要求論文行文通順、邏輯性強(qiáng)、文風(fēng)平實(shí)、資料詳實(shí)、引言有出處；

6．要求參考資料多為正規(guī)出版物，保證其作家權(quán)威性、資料精確性、且作為文學(xué)評(píng)論專著的長期有效性。

二、主要參考資料

Adler, Thomas P. A Streetcar Named Desire: The Moth and the Lantern. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990.

Eckstein, Barbara. Sustaining New Orleans. New York: Taylor&Francis Group, 2006. 31-60.

Kolin, Philip C.ed. Confronting Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire: Essays in Critical Pluralism. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1993.

Rader, Dotson.ed.Tennessee, cry of the heart. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985.

Roudane, M.C.ed. The Cambridge Companion To Tennesse Willianms. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2000.

Staggs, Sam. When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of "A Streetcar Named Desire". New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.

Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. Ed.Jesse Lichtenstein and Deirdre O'Dwyer. America: Spark Publishing Group, 2002. 4-56.

---. A Streetcar Named Desire. Ed.E.Martin Browne. London: Penguin Books Ltd, 1959.