工具理性视阈下《幸福国的故事》中的都市文化困境

Urban Cultural Predicament in Sweet Land Stories on Perspective of Instrumental Rationality

文章从工具理性的角度探究美国当代作家E·L·多克托罗小说集《幸福国的故事》,展现作者对美国人灵魂图景的描绘,梳理作品呈现的以伦理观和价值观的异化为表现的美国当代都市文化生态,解读作家对美国都市文化困境的反思、对黑暗的社会氛围及其思想根源的拷问,以及对民众的关怀。

Based on the theory of instrumental rationality,the paper analyzes Sweet Land Stories and exhibits the writer’s depiction of the inner world of American people.Urban cultural predicament of contemporary American society as displayed in the collapse of ethics and value is discussed to explore Doctorow’s probe into the dark society and deep concern for the common people.