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《英语语言学导论》课程学期论文及编排格式 一、总体要求 1．文字篇幅：总体不少于1500单词（只指正文部分）。 2．纸型：A4打印稿。 3．页面设置：左、右、下边距为2.5厘米，上边距为2.8厘米。 4．字体：Times New Roman；字号：小四； 5．字符间距：标准；行间距：固定值18磅，段前和段后均为0行。 6. 内容要求：符合英语语言学论文的范围和要求。 7. 上交日期：本学期第18周周5下午16：00前，由班长收齐后一起上交到W1835。 二、论文的组成部分 1. 封面正文参考文献单独页二○A Psychological Analysis of Isabel’s Marriage Dilemma in The Portrait of a Lady 1 Introduction Henry James (1843—1916) is an outstanding novelist, and an influential critic and a pioneer of psychological realism in the 19th and early 20th century. The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing for his masterful creation of character, his unique international theme, his assured command of the English language, and especially his imaginative use of point of view and interior monologue. 1.1 Life and Career of Henry James Henry James was born into a wealthy American family in 1843. His father, Henry James Sr., was one of the best-known intellectuals in mid-nineteenth-century America. In his youth James traveled back and forth between Europe and America, which inspired him to create the international theme. At the age of 19 he briefly attended Harvard Law School, but soon dropped out. Two years later, he devoted himself to literature. By his mid- twenties James earned admiration for his writing skills. James himself moved to Europe early on in his professional career and was naturalized as a British citizen in 1915 shortly before his death. He never married and perhaps this gave him time to write: in the four decades of his writing career, he produced nearly 100 books, including such classics as The Golden Bowl, The Wings of the Dove, and The Art of Fiction, varied from novels to essays, from plays to autobiographies. 1.2 A Brief Introduction to The Portrait of a Lady First written in the 1880s and revised in 1908, The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who “affronts her destiny” (James, 1996:8). The main plot of this novel is as fo