现代文明的哀歌——论《蝇王》中的反智主义特征

The Elegy of Modern Civilization:On the Characteristics of Anti-intellectualism in"Lord of the Flies"

英国作家威廉·戈尔丁的作品《蝇王》讲述了在未来的一场核战争中,一群孩子如何在荒岛上生存的故事。戈尔丁作品中所描绘和揭示的是人的本质的问题,他认为人性恶是造成人类一切痛苦与灾难的根源。在这部小说中,理性和文明被野蛮和残忍所战胜,知识毫无用武之地。小说显示了反智主义倾向和特征。

British writer William Golding's"Lord of the Flies"tells the story of how a group of children survive on a desert island in a future nuclear war.Golding's work depicts and reveals the issue of human nature.He believes that the evil of human nature is the root cause of all human sufferings and disasters.In this novel,reason and civilization are defeated by barbarism and cruelty,and knowledge is useless.The novel shows anti-intellectualism tendencies and characteristics.