试析舍伍德·安德森小说《鸡蛋》中的美国梦

On the American Dream in Sherwood Anderson's Egg

美国梦是美国人的理想和信念,也是美国文学经久不衰的主题之一。舍伍德·安德森的小说《鸡蛋》便是对这一主题的经典重现。小说以第一人称描写,借孩子之口描述了当时社会背景下,普通美国民众对虚无缥缈的美国梦的盲目追求但最终却无果的普遍现象,对美国梦的幻灭进行了深刻揭露。本文将从不同角度对小说中的美国梦进行探究,而对美国梦进行反思总结,正有利于当下中国民众对习近平总书记提出的"中国梦"的解读与追求,因此本研究具有重要意义。

The American Dream is an American ideal and belief and one of the enduring themes inAmerican literature. Sherwood Anderson＇s novel Egg is a classic reproduction of this theme. The novel de-scribes in the first person, through the mouth of the children, the ordinary American people＇s blind pur-suit of the disillusionment of the American dream in the background of the society at that time, but inthe end, the universal phenomenon, which has no effect, has deeply exposed the disillusionment of theAmerican dream. This article will explore the American dream in the novel from different angles, and thereflection and summary of the American dream will be beneficial to the interpretation and pursuit of Chi-nese Dream put forward by General Secretary Chinese Dream. The research is of great significance.