分裂与疗伤:美国南北战争小说的发展

Separation and Trauma Treatment: Development of American Civil War Fiction

美国的强盛在很大程度上是由于较少遭受战争蹂躏,总能在和平环境下保持高速发展。美国本土发生的战争只有南北分离导致的内战对国家伤害最大,这为美国文学提供了难得的创作题材并由此产生独具特色的南北战争小说。这类小说的发展经历了早期尝试、20世纪后半期繁荣和新世纪再度崛起三个阶段。南北战争小说发展中最突出的是以历史重建的方法探寻分裂的根源和治愈战争创伤的良方。

Due to few wars in the new continent,USA has become so powerful.But the Civil War was most harmful to the nation,offering historical data for war novel creation.The development of these novels went through three stages:the early experiment,the late 20th century prosperity and the climax in the new century.To reconstruct the civil war history,writers focus on various topics,try to explore for the causes of the war and healing methods for the lasting wounds to the nation.