二十世纪美国文学背景评析

The Commentary on the Background of the Twentieth Century American Literature

20世纪美国文学以反理性的现代主义和后现代主义为基本特征,伴随自然主义和后现实主义,是美国文学繁荣发展的历史时期。这个世纪美国文学的发展,除有其国内和国际政治、经济的背景以外,更主要的是受全球化的影响,尤其是欧洲哲学思想的影响。而马克思主义对美国文学的影响也是不可低估的重要因素之一。

The twentieth century is a flourishing period for the development of American literature, whose main characteristics is irrationalism presented in modernism and post-modernism accompanied with naturalism and post-realism. The flourishing of American literature owns a great deal to the social background both at home and abroad, and to the influence of European ideologies, which is the result of globalization. Marxism is also an important part of the influence on American literature, which cannot be underestimated.