《美国牧歌》中的神话原型及解构

Myth-Archetype and Its Deconstruction in American Pastoral

神话原型批评理论认为文学自神话发展而来,从文学作品中可以发现具有文化特征的神话和原型。菲利普·罗斯在《美国牧歌》中通过对犹太神话、美国田园神话和本质化的美国身份神话原型的置换变形和解构,刻画瑞典佬利沃夫悲剧的一生,借此审视美国60年代的政治狂热和社会混乱,探讨美国田园梦、犹太裔美国人的新身份等问题。

The myth-archetypal criticism argues that literature develops from myth,and myth and archetype with cultural characteristics can be found in literary works.Philip Roth displaced and deconstructed the myths of Jews,American pastoral and essentialized American identity to depict Swede Levov’s tragic life,examined the political fanaticism and social chaos of the 1960s in the United States,and discussed the issues of American pastoral dream,the new identity of Jewish Americans and so on.