（一）主要内容

    本人毕业论文的题目是“论杰克·凯鲁亚克《达摩流浪者》中的极乐至福精神(The Beatific Spirit in Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums)”。毕业论文的主要内容是通过对杰克·凯鲁亚克《达摩流浪者》这本小说中的主人公雷和贾菲两人的一些行为或经历（例如旅行流浪，参禅，研习中国唐代诗人寒山的诗歌，登山等）的分析，来表现出杰克·凯鲁亚克及其所代表的“垮掉的一代”对于“beatific”极乐至福的这种理念或生活方式的追求和在追求这种极乐至福精神的过程中的反抗，叛逆，决绝，青春的激情和放荡，难得的清醒以及与当时主流社会中的中产阶级生活方式的彻底决裂等。

（二）基本要求

1.首先认真研读文本以及指定的参考资料并写出文献综述；

2.在文献综述的基础上考虑论文题目与主题思想（Thesis Statement）

3.主题思想描述要求：

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．论文写作要求论点正确，文本分析/解读透彻并支持论点；

5．要求论文行文通顺、逻辑性强、文风平实、资料详实、引言有出处；

6．要求参考资料多为正规出版物，保证其作家权威性、资料精确性、且作为文学评论专著的长期有效性。

二、主要参考资料

[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: 四川大学出版社, 2002.