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Thematic Contrast between The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood and The Old Man and The Sea

Chen Mengxia
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v16.n4.p5
Abstract
Thematic study plays an important role in comparative literature. With the perspective of the thematic approach in comparative literature, readers can better understand the content of different texts and recognize the characteristics of each text. Moreover, readers can also have a glimpse of some creative ideas and personalities of different writers by exploring their treatment of the same or similar theme. This paper aims to compare the two novels, The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood and The Old Man and The Sea, to elaborate on the themes of suffering and redemption, tragedy, kindness, and to explore the similarities and differences between them.
Keywords
theme, suffering and redemption, tragedy, kindness, and love
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