1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述包含参考文献）

1. Introduction 1.1 Research background The novel describe a story with the cultural background of Afghanistan. In recent decades, the distant country which is tortured by war has always been the focus of global conflict.The popular themes such as the relationship of family love, the friendship in childhood, the courage to ask for forgiveness, and the growth with redemption depicted in The kite runner.No matter where and nurtured by different kinds of culture, readers will be deeply moved by its content.Khaled Hossein was born in 1965 in Kabul city of Afghanistan and immigrated to the United states with his father later. The experience immigrated to the United states makes the novel more realistic.Every reader has been influenced by the author#8217;s analysis of humanity in the The kite runner. 1.2 Need for the study The themes in The kite runner such as crime, friendship, forgiveness, loss and redemption can be linked to your personal experience. In real life, everyone will experience the growth process from ignorance to maturity. The key to the popularity of the kite runner was that we can see ourselves from the image of Amir.The study of the theme of redemption and growth in this novel can make us better. 2. Literature review 2.1Previous studies on The runner of kite 2.1.1The research status of foreign countries In foreign countries,The kite runner has been studied in many ways. Khaled Husaini is a famous contemporary novelist who borned in Afghanistan. In 2003,The kite runner which is his first nove published and achieved a great success.Since the publication in more than 70 countries of this novel, the novel has been translated into 55 languages and attracted wide attention from readers and critics.The novel has kept the New York Times's best seller list for five years and the Amazon's best seller list for 131 weeks. At the same time, it is also a recommended book for the French book club and the American freedom Association. In 2007, the novel was made into a movie of the same name. A Thousand Splendid Suns which is the author's second novel was published in the same year. Khaled Husaini has been one of the top best-selling authors of the world in 2008.So far, many scholars have studied and analyzed novels from aspects of religious disputes, racial discrimination,the image of kite, the analysis of Hassan's characters and redemption. 2.1.2The research status of domestic Many scholars have made a literary interpretation of The kite runner, including theme analysis, such as in A pluralistic interpretation of the theme of The kite runner, the author summarized three topics: First, the family theme of Amir's affection for his father's love and his father's love and compensation for Hassan. Second is the subject of Amir's confession and redemption. Third is the theme of the turbulent social criticism of the war in Afghanistan. Some scholars also study the image in the novel, The image of the kite runner says that the process of chasing kite is the process of pursuiting of ideality, the process of atonement, and the process of sublimation of the spiritual realm.The author interprets ”Kite#8217; as an important image of the novel.In Amir#8217;s childhood,”Kite#8217; metaphors ”brave#8217; ,Taliban banned kite is a symbol that Afghanistan is experiencing a time of horror and barbarism. Sohrab and Amir fly kite together in the ending of novel contains the hope for a better future of the motherland.The”Kite#8217;also served as an important bridge between Amir and his father. The”Kite#8217;also implied a dangerous signal to his father that the winner is king. At the same time, ”Kite#8217; is the miniature of Amir's childhood tragedies. It also bears the good quality and fragility of virtue in Hassan.And many scholars have discussed the novel from the betrayal and redemption of the protagonist Amir. Amir#8217;s Growth: A Jungian Interpretation of The kite runner written by Lv Tuo analyzes more detailed and practical combination of Carl Jung theory to analyze Amir's moral degeneration in his childhood to maturity,self realization and pursuit of personality in his middle age. Works Cited 1.Jefferess,David.To be good (again):The Kite Runner as allegory of globe ethics.Journal of Postcolonial Studies.Volume 45,2009. 2.Hosseini,Khaled.The kite Runner.New York:Penguin,2007 3.Feidelson,Charles.Symbolism and American Literature.Chicago:University of Chicago Press,1953 4.[美]卡勒德.胡赛尼.《追风筝的人》[M].李继宏译，上海：上海人民出版社，2006 5.李玉霞.《论中的背叛与救赎》[J]南京工业职业技术学院学报.2008(8) 6.李静.《中哈桑形象解读》[J]外国文学:文学教育.2009.03 7.刘芬，张雪娜.《评中阿米尔成长过程中的两次心灵冲突》[J]群文天地，2008（12） 8.李翠娟.《论中的”人性原罪救赎”》河南工业大学外语学院 9.蒋晓庆.《救赎中的成长#8212;#8212;从成长小说的角度解读》[D]扬州大学，2010 10.樊国宾.《主体的生成#8212;#8212;50年成长小说研究》[M].北京：中国戏曲出版社，2003 11.武惠娟. 《成长过程中的心理救赎：卡勒德#183;胡塞尼的》 新余学院学报 第16卷第4期2011年8月 1008-6765(2011) 02-0093-03 12.康军辉, 常中华.《阿米尔的背叛、救赎与自我实现》 河北大学 071002 （电影文学） 13.吕拓 .《阿米尔的成长：荣格原型理论观照下的》湖南大学硕士学位论文 14.蒋晓庆.《中的象征意义》，湖北广播电视大学学报 第30卷第2期 15.王建荣.《风筝意象解读 》，北京交通大学学报(社会科学版)第8卷第2期

2. 研究的基本内容、问题解决措施及方案

1.Research Topic The Kite Runner described the growing process of Amir growing up from ignorance in his childhood to maturity from the first person's perspective.The theme of The Kite Runner is Amir who constantly breaks through the seamy side of humanity and constantly breaks out himself to achieve transformation from ignorance to maturity.Through analyzing the content and characters in The Kite Runner , this paper reveals Amir's psychological changes his redemption and growth after years, The thesis explores that Amir's growth experience is of educational significance for teenagers in confusion. 2. Research Methods 1) Document Research. According to consult relevant materials such as books, periodicals, papers and so on to obtain sufficient theoretical information.Use the CNKI e-book resources and network resources to sum up and summarize the information collected. 2) Empirical analysis.In the process of research, we focus on the study of the kite runner and sum up our own conclusions.