乘上“进步”的车轮——重读《愤怒的葡萄》

Reflections on "The Grapes of Wrath"

约翰.斯坦贝克的故事就是在以快速为特征的“进步”车轮下演绎的。象征19世纪末20世纪初美国工业化速率的“进步”车轮碾过之后,留下的是“两个民族”无尽的痛。《愤怒的葡萄》诊断出了“两个民族”的病因,解释了政治经济学所无法解释的现实,在这一点上胜过了当时的政治经济学。丰收一幕是商品异化现象的缩影:客体不仅嘲笑了主体,而且还伤害了主体。这种异化现象是“进步”的车轮飞速运转的必然结果。

The Grapes of Wrath found out the'disease causes' of the two nations.It explained the reality which political economy couldn't explain at that time.The paper holds that the scene of harvest is the microcosm of commodity alienation and the alienation phenomenon is the inevitable result of 'progress'.