西方文论关键词 纽约知识分子

The New York Intellectuals

"纽约知识分子"是一批于20世纪30年代至80年代在美国最具影响力的批评家集群,他们的批评领域涉及文学、艺术、历史和政治等各方面。其文学批评是一种"兼收并蓄"的文化、历史及道德的文化批评,呈现出辩证批评的特征。犹太文化传统为这种辩证批评奠定了基础,马克思主义和现代主义文学为其提供了不同的批评方法。因此,纽约知识分子的文化批评本质上是历史人文主义的辩证批评,他们关注文学的重要作用,关注社会语境下文学与道德价值的相互作用,关注文学对文化价值的影响。

As the most influential intellectual group between the mid-1930sand the 1980sin America,the New York Intellectuals wrote on contemporary issues of political,social,historical and cultural importance.The literary criticism of the New York Intellectuals is demonstrated in a dialectic way as a cultural,historical and moral criticism.The Jewish cultural tradition laid the foundation for this dialectical view of literature.In the development of their critical outlook,they were influenced primarily by Marxism and Modernism.Ultimately,the criticism of the New York Intellectuals can be characterized as historical humanist in nature.They have called attention to the significance of literature in life,to the interaction between literature and moral values in a social context,and to the impact of literature on cultural evaluations.