《荒原》中的社会转型焦虑

The Waste Land's Anxiety over Social Transformation

20世纪初,英国的社会转型使英国的文化共同体面临巨大冲击,导致了种种社会和文化问题。艾略特曾参与了20世纪20年代对英国文化共同体缺失现象的话语讨论,其代表性诗歌《荒原》的一个重要主题就是对英国文化共同体缺失现象的焦虑。《荒原》中对于社会转型的焦虑主要包括对传统秩序和伦理道德破坏的焦虑以及对工业化与科技滥用造成的环境恶化的焦虑。研究《荒原》中的焦虑主题,有助于我们深入挖掘艾略特在20世纪上半叶英国文化共同体建构中的贡献,探讨诗歌所承载的深层次文化含义。

The early 20th century witnessed the collapse of British community, caused by social transformation, and its consequent social and cultural problems. Indeed, T. S. Eliot has greatly contributed to the discussion on the collapse of British cultural community and one of the themes of his masterpiece, The Waste Land, is the anxiety over social transformation. The first cause of anxiety in The Waste Land is the dysfunction of traditional order and ethical ideas. The second is the environmental pollution caused by industrial development and overuse of technology. By exploringt the anxiety over social transformation, we can better understand the poem＇s cultural significance and Eliot＇s contribution to the British cultural community construction in the first half of the 20th century.