美国社会转型期经典都市文学中的消费视角

通过消费视角解读《塞拉斯.拉帕姆的发迹》、《嘉丽妹妹》、《了不起的盖茨比》三部文学作品,历史地阐述了在该转型期间消费如何在动态的社会生产与意识形态之间搭建起一座文化浮桥。在揭示消费这一美国都市化之能动因,以为西学东渐的同时突出了文学承载历史传统的重要作用,进而肯定了文学存在之必要性。

This paper, from the perspective on consumption, reads The Rise of Silas Lapham, Sister Carrie, and The Great Gatsby. Chronologically, it expatiates on how consuming cultures bridge the gap between the dynamic social productions and social ideologies in this great transformation. It not only unfolds consumption, the agency of American urbanization so as to transmit the western to the oriental, but also highlights the important role literature has played in documenting historical heritages so as to confirm the necessity of literature.