《野性的呼唤》与《猩球崛起》折射的美国国民的危机意识

Americans' Keen Sense of Crisis Reflected in The Call of the Wild and The Rise of the Planet of Apes

《野性的呼唤》和《猩球崛起》两部作品有着共通的特质,从中可见美国人的危机意识。美国人知道即便自身再强大,国家也会面临安全威胁;他们依靠政府,却时刻保持着对政府的不信任和警惕,担心政府变得过于强大而侵犯了自己的权益。美国人一方面接受本国在世界中文明传播者的特殊地位,另一方面也对本国扮演的角色抱着疑虑。他们同样担心自己享受的自由生活状态受到威胁而不能保全。

This paper analyzes the American national sense of crisis consistently reflected in American litera- ture through a comparative study of The Call of the Wild and The Rise of the Planet of Apes. Americans take pride in their own greatness. However, their pride is always controlled in that they are aware of the threat to their national security, and they are worried about the government being too powerful and out of control and about the threats to their freedom.