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Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation...........10
3.1 Authorial narrative voice.........10
3.2 Communal narrative voice.......11
3.3 Personal narrative voice...........11
Chapter 4 Conversion Process Analysis........... 12
4.1 Conversion of pious Catholics....... 12
4.1.1 Conversion of Lady Marchmain....12
4.1.2 Conversion of Bridey Flyte........... 16
4.1.3 Conversion of Cordelia Flyte........ 20
4.2 Conversion of half-heathens...........23
4.3 Conversion of agnostics........ 45
Chapter 5 Conclusion.....57
5.1 Main findings of the study.....57
5.2 Implications of the study....... 58
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further studies.........58

Chapter 4 Conversion Process Analysis

This chapter analyzes the conversion process of the characters in BridesheadRevisited from the perspective of the narrative voice. According to their attitudes toCatholicism, there are mainly three types of people in the novel: the pious Catholics,represented by Lady Marchmain, Bridey and Cordelia; the half-heathens, represented bylord Marchmain, Julia and Sebastian; the agnostics, represented by the protagonist andalso the narrator Charles. The first section introduces the conversion of the pious Catholicto mainly research their sufferings; the second section introduces the conversion of thehalf-heathens to research their corruption process and faith-regaining process; the lastsection introduces the conversion of the agnostics Charles to research his religioustransformation. Various characters experience the punishment but finally convert toCatholicism in different ways. The punishment and conversion reflects the seriousness andmercy of Catholicism.

4.1 Conversion of pious Catholics
In the novel Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh mainly describes three piousCatholics, lady Marchmain, Bridey and Cordelia. They believe in the God sincerely andfinally convert to the religion deservedly. However, their journey to God is not smooth.They all gain sufferings during their conversion, which strengthen their religious faith.Based on close-reading and the theory of narrative voice, this section tries to analyze theirjourney of conversion.Lady Marchmain is the representative of the pious Catholic in the novel. Shecomplies with her duties as a Catholic. She believes in God and manages the familyaccording to the rules of Catholicism; she trains her children to be pious Catholics; sherefuses to divorce though lord Marchmain leaves her for fifteen years. She is a perfect,innocent and decent woman who will finally convert to God for granted. However, shereceives vicarious suffering before conversion. The following parts analyze hercharacteristics, her Catholic thoughts and the sufferings before conversion.
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Conclusion

The thesis mainly analyzes the religious elements in the novel Brideshead Revisitedthrough analyzing the conversion process of the characters from the perspective of thenarrative theory, mainly the narrative voice proposed by Susan Lanser. Through theresearch, the thesis finds out that the novel applies the authorial narrative voice, thecommunal narrative voice and the personal narrative voice to indicate the Catholic themein the novel.In the novel, the pious Catholics, the half-heathens and the agnostics all experiencethe conversion journey. During the journ本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。