1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

the call of the wild is the first best-selling book by the famous american novelist jack london (1876-1916). although the novel is not very long, its unique language feature has made it one of the most popular animal novels by readers. it is called "the most read american novel in the world."

china's introduction, translation and research work on jack london and his works started in the 1920s and reached its climax in the 1930s.the call of the wild is one of the first works to be translated into china. as his masterpiece, it has been repeatedly translated and studied by scholars in the history of more than 80 years.

the researches on the call of the wild are mostly conducted from the perspectives of social historical criticism and the comparative study with other works of jack london. in the the history of foreign literature edited by zheng kelu（郑克鲁, he echoes the predecessors' views by saying that: "the call of the wild" (1903) and "white fang" (1906) express the idea of"the weaks are the prey of the strongs" the survival of the fittest' through the depiction of animals. in his book "editor of american literature", chang yaoxin(常耀信) also believes: "buck's evolutionary process of adapting to the environment fully reflects the basic proposition of the darwinian theory of the sergeant society." at the same time, he also analyzes the call of the wild from the narrative angle.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

contents

1 introduction

1.1jack london and his works

3. 研究计划与安排

before 20th january : settlement of the title

before20th march: submission of the outline

before 25th april : submission of the first draft

4. 参考文献（12篇以上）

[1] jack#8226; london, the call of the wild and white fang [m]. n.y. the bantam books, 1981.

[2] allen mary. animals in american literature [m]. chicago : university of linois press, 1983.

[3] 李莜叶. a theme analysis of the call of the wild [j]. 海外英语, 2016,(04)