（一）主要内容

Blanche是整篇戏剧《欲望号街车》中的一位没落的白人贵族。本文通过分析主人公Blanche精神崩溃的原因，论述了欲望是人们的致命弱点，以及时代对于人们生活的重大影响。本文意图通过对本戏剧特殊的时代背景的分析，揭露了又一个美国梦的破灭。

（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

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.