Adolescence vs. Menopause : “I Killed My Mother”青春期对更年期:《我杀死了我妈妈》开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

formerchildactorxavierdolanhasbeenattractingseriouscriticalattentionasaresultofthetwofilmshehasdirected,writtenandactedin.heco-starswithannedorvalinthefirstofthese,ikilledmymother,playinghubert,a16-year-oldboylivingindolan’snativemontrealwhohasalove-hate,butmostlyhaterelationshipwithhisdivorcedmotherchantale.thestoryapparentlyhasstrongautobiographicalovertones,butdolan’sapproachiscommendablyeven-handed,insistingthatthesetwoindividualsareequallyflawed.thefilmbeginswithhubertminelgivingablack-and-whitemonologueexplaininghowheloveshismotherbutcannotstandbeingherson;healsorevealsthatwhenhewasyounger,thingswerebetterbetweenthem.despitethetitle,thereisnocrimehere.unlikethematricideofaeschylus’oresteia,ikilledmymotherisdeterminedlyquotidian,althoughsuffusedwithbetrayalanddisappointment.

xavierdolanwrotethescriptwhenhewas17andshottwoyearslater.asdolanhasexplained,however,thepressuretocompletethefilmbeforehewas20wasduelesstoambitionthantheinstincttokeepalivetherushofadolescentangstthatinspiredtheproject.unliketeendramassuchascatherinehardwicke’sthirteen,which,fromthefartherreachesofadulthood,attempttorecapturesomethingofthoseturbulentyears;dolan’sstillthere,speakingdirectlyfromhisexperience.hisagemattersbecauseitgiveshimaccesstothatfragile,fleetingmomentbeforeachildbreaksawayfromhismother,thepainofwhich,asthefilmremindsusinuncompromisinglybitterfightsandtenseclose-ups,isalltooeasilydulledthroughdistance.

ikilledmymothermaybetouchedbythebrashnessofyouth,butitisguidedbyasensitive,self-assuredfilmmakerwhoisabletogowhereotherscannottread.thefilmreceivedgenerallypositivereviewsfromcritics;reviewaggregatorrottentomatoesreportsthat80%ofprofessionalcriticsgavethefilmapositivereview,withanaverageratingof7/10.peterhowellfromthetorontostarsaidthat“whatmakesitextraordinaryisitsdepthoffeeling,whichdolan’sagemakesallthemoreimpressive:hewasjust19whenhemadethis.”peterbrunettefromthehollywoodreportercalledit“unevenbutfunnyandaudaciousadolescentcomedyfromatalentedbeginner”.andweissberg,jaycommentedonvariety“pagesofinkwillbespilledonthemulti-hyphenatehelmer’syouthandprecocity,andthere’smuchtopraise,especiallytheoh-so-realdialogue,buttruepsychologicalpenetrationislackinganddolan’shungertoprovehistalentresultsinasuperfluityofstyles.”

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

thisthesissetitsgoaltodemonstratethekindofphenomenalprecociousnessandadolescentangstsettingthroughtheanalysesofparent-childconflictusingpsychologyandfilmonogyinikilledmymotherbydolanxavier.

thethesisfocusesonthephenomenalcrisisfromtwoaspects:theprecariousrelationshipwithhismotherandhubert’sinnerstruggleandadolescentangst.

forthefirstpart,theconflictsbetweenparentsandchildareanalyzed.dolanwiselymaintainshisfocusonthefilm’scentralcouple,hubertandhismotherchantale,andtheconflictsbetweenthemaremuchmoreaboutanarticulate,typicallyself-centeredteen’sangstthanachildravingagainstagenuinelybadmother.

3. 研究计划与安排

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4. 参考文献（12篇以上）

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[2]brunner,jose.freudandthepoliticsofpsychoanalysis.boston:personeducation,2001.

[3]coles,robert.adolescentsandyouth.newjersey:thechaucerpress,1985.