ABSTRACT

Dragon seed is a novel byPearl S. Buck which described the cruel actions of the Japanese troops during the anti-JapaneseWar. It told about a typical Chinese peasant Lin Yan and his family’ s miserable life under the control of Japanese invaders and showed their hatred towards Japanese invaders. Like Dragon seed, Four Generations Under One Roof , written by famous Chinese writer Lao She also described the painful life of Chinese citizens in the anti-JapaneseWar. .This paper makes a contrastive study of the two novels, and finds that the characters of the two novels are quite similar. Both writers created the image of fighters, traitors and invaders in the War and expressed their abhorrence for the Japanese invaders and strong desire for peace.

Keywords: Dragon seed; Pearl S. Buck; Four Generations Under One Roof; Lao She; the War of Against Japanese; the miserable life of peasant; abhorrence; Pacifism

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One INTRODUCTION-1

1.1 Research Background-1

1.2Significance of the study-3

1.3Structure of the Paper-4

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW-5

2.1 Domestic and Foreign Researches on Pearl S. Buck-5

2.2  Domestic and Foreign Researches on Lao She-7

Chapter Three A Contrastive Study of Characters in Dragon Seed and Four Generations Under One Roof-8

3.1 Fighters-9

3.2 Traitors-12

3.3 Invaders-14

Chapter Four Pearl S. Buck and Lao She's Attitude Toward War-16

4.1The viewpoint of Pearl S. Buck-16

4.2 The viewpoint of Lao She-18

Chapter Five CONCLUSION-20

WORKS CITED-21