Theodore Dreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie is a work of excellence with epoch-making significance in the history of American literature. It is written in the transition period of United States, and the consumpt...Theodore Dreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie is a work of excellence with epoch-making significance in the history of American literature. It is written in the transition period of United States, and the consumption ideology gradually influences the human nature at that time. Based on the writing background, this paper attempts to explore the alienation of interpersonal relationship under the consumer society in this novel through the perspective of Marxism and text analysis.展开更多
Joan Didion is an outstanding female writer who has achieved a distinctive position in contemporary literature.Her second novel,Play It As It Lays,is nominated for a National Book Award.Set in Hollywood and Las Vegas,...Joan Didion is an outstanding female writer who has achieved a distinctive position in contemporary literature.Her second novel,Play It As It Lays,is nominated for a National Book Award.Set in Hollywood and Las Vegas,it presents the alienated world through exquisite description of its protagonist Maria.Based on Erich Fromm’s Alienation Theory,this essay attempts to analyze the alienation in the novel from two aspects:first,the novel’s materialistic environment in the 1960s;second,the alienated relationship between spouses as well as between parents and children.展开更多
文摘Theodore Dreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie is a work of excellence with epoch-making significance in the history of American literature. It is written in the transition period of United States, and the consumption ideology gradually influences the human nature at that time. Based on the writing background, this paper attempts to explore the alienation of interpersonal relationship under the consumer society in this novel through the perspective of Marxism and text analysis.
文摘Joan Didion is an outstanding female writer who has achieved a distinctive position in contemporary literature.Her second novel,Play It As It Lays,is nominated for a National Book Award.Set in Hollywood and Las Vegas,it presents the alienated world through exquisite description of its protagonist Maria.Based on Erich Fromm’s Alienation Theory,this essay attempts to analyze the alienation in the novel from two aspects:first,the novel’s materialistic environment in the 1960s;second,the alienated relationship between spouses as well as between parents and children.
