美国20世纪上半期的西部荒原图像——雷蒙德·钱德勒小说的洛杉矶想象

American Western Wasteland landscape of the Late Period of 20th Century:Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles Imaging

美国小说家雷蒙德·钱德勒创作的长篇小说都是以西部大城市洛杉矶为背景,构建了美国20世纪上半期的西部荒原图像,探讨了现代人在流动的汽车里的疏离和孤独。有着强烈道德关怀意识又有点愤世嫉俗的侦探马洛,试图在都市中寻找正义和道德,但目睹的却是金钱与权力的共谋,信仰的失落,道德的缺失,城市中充满暴力、谋杀、犯罪和欺骗。钱德勒的洛杉矶城市书写对于发展中的中国应该是一个警示。

American novelist Raymond Chandler created several long fictions against Los Angeles of west great city. His works constructed American modern ＂Wasteland＂ landscape and discussed alienation and loneliness of modernist in fluid cars. Detective Marlow who had been intensive moral concern but highly critical of society tried to seek fairness and moral, but saw conspiracy of money and power, belief loss, moral deficiency, filling with violences, murders, guilts, and frauds in urban. Raymond Chandler＇s Los Angeles writings must be a warning for the developing China.