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On Anti-Gothicism in Northanger Abbey by Li Xiaohui Under the Supervision of Wang Junhua Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts School of Foreign Studies Shandong University of Finance and Economics May 2012 Acknowledgements It would not be possible for me to complete the thesis without the generous help of many. First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to convey my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my supervisor Dr. Wang Junhua, under whose supervision I have obtained valuable ideas and precious suggestions. He is very intelligent on thesis instruction and also shows his great patience to me during my writing. I also want to thank all the teachers in the School of Foreign Studies of Shandong University of Finance and Economics for their beneficial courses I have attended during my college life. Besides, I owe my deep thanks to my roommates who have been encouraging me all the time, and to my colleagues at Jinan Longre Foreign Language Training Center who willingly took my part of duties so that I could have enough time for thesis writing. L. X. H. ABSTRACT On Anti-Gothicism in Northanger Abbey Li Xiaohui Northanger Abbey, one of Jane Austen’s famous works, mainly tells the story of an innocent girl, a Gothic novel fan, who treats herself as the heroine of a Gothic novel and makes many ridiculous adventures by taking Gothic stories as real happenings, but finally learns to distinguish between the imaginary life in novels and the real life of her own. The novel criticizes the ridiculousness and meaninglessness of Gothic novels in a satirical way. The thesis analyzes Austen’s parody of Gothic plot, characterization, and the heroine’s Gothic adventures in Northanger Abbey, and argues that the work reveals her anti-Gothicism through a comparison with the typical features of prevailing Gothic novels in her age. Key words: Northanger Abbey;