Died just last January,J.D.Salinger is an American writer widely beloved,mostly by adolescent readers.While his most famous novel,The Catcher in the Rye,was controversial at first when publicized,his other work Franny...Died just last January,J.D.Salinger is an American writer widely beloved,mostly by adolescent readers.While his most famous novel,The Catcher in the Rye,was controversial at first when publicized,his other work Franny and Zooey is controversial even till today.While some people regard it as a true gem,others think it's only a stinker.I will,in this article,bring its theme out of surface by citing extracts and analysizing them and give the reasons why I consider it a masterpiece.展开更多
J. D. Salinger is an alienated writer, who alienates himself from the dominant society. He is unsocial in character and unconventional in behavior. His reclusion can be regarded as the behavioral presentation of his a...J. D. Salinger is an alienated writer, who alienates himself from the dominant society. He is unsocial in character and unconventional in behavior. His reclusion can be regarded as the behavioral presentation of his alienation. Salinger also portrays many alienated characters in his The catcher in the rye and Nine stories. These alienated characters include children, adolescents and adults. They alienate themselves from dominant social culture, groups and even themselves. According to the analysis of these alienated protagonists from autobiographical and historical perspectives, the root of their alienation lies in the conflict between their searching for the ideal love and the absence of such love in the dominant society. So comparing with enjoying substantial life, Salinger＇s works can arouse people＇s interest and give more concern to their spiritual life.展开更多
J. D. Salinger, American novelist and short story writer, is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential of contemporary writers.His only novel,"The Catcher in the Rye"...J. D. Salinger, American novelist and short story writer, is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential of contemporary writers.His only novel,"The Catcher in the Rye",so vividly captured the spirit of the fifties and early sixties that those years have been called"The Age of Holden Caulfield."Salinger draws a rich psychological portrait of Holden Caulfield through vivid, colloquial style,using slang and ungrammatical or sloppy pattern of speech. Drawing on an analysis of Salinger's life and his age,this paper seeks to explore Salinger's portrayal of a disillusioned youth and the exposure of the fraudulence of contemporary America in combination with his manipulation of colloquial style and dramatization of interior monologue.展开更多
文摘Died just last January,J.D.Salinger is an American writer widely beloved,mostly by adolescent readers.While his most famous novel,The Catcher in the Rye,was controversial at first when publicized,his other work Franny and Zooey is controversial even till today.While some people regard it as a true gem,others think it's only a stinker.I will,in this article,bring its theme out of surface by citing extracts and analysizing them and give the reasons why I consider it a masterpiece.
文摘J. D. Salinger is an alienated writer, who alienates himself from the dominant society. He is unsocial in character and unconventional in behavior. His reclusion can be regarded as the behavioral presentation of his alienation. Salinger also portrays many alienated characters in his The catcher in the rye and Nine stories. These alienated characters include children, adolescents and adults. They alienate themselves from dominant social culture, groups and even themselves. According to the analysis of these alienated protagonists from autobiographical and historical perspectives, the root of their alienation lies in the conflict between their searching for the ideal love and the absence of such love in the dominant society. So comparing with enjoying substantial life, Salinger＇s works can arouse people＇s interest and give more concern to their spiritual life.
文摘J. D. Salinger, American novelist and short story writer, is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential of contemporary writers.His only novel,"The Catcher in the Rye",so vividly captured the spirit of the fifties and early sixties that those years have been called"The Age of Holden Caulfield."Salinger draws a rich psychological portrait of Holden Caulfield through vivid, colloquial style,using slang and ungrammatical or sloppy pattern of speech. Drawing on an analysis of Salinger's life and his age,this paper seeks to explore Salinger's portrayal of a disillusioned youth and the exposure of the fraudulence of contemporary America in combination with his manipulation of colloquial style and dramatization of interior monologue.
