John Updike is a copious writer having a great influence on contemporary American literary history, whose artistic vision is mainly focused on the daily life of American middle class and their living conditions. The p...John Updike is a copious writer having a great influence on contemporary American literary history, whose artistic vision is mainly focused on the daily life of American middle class and their living conditions. The paper discusses the theme of religion in Updike＇s works from the perspectives of religion and science. It also analyzes the diversification of religion and summarizes the relationship between religion and the worldly life in America in the 20th century.展开更多
Based on Robert E.Park’s theoretical frame of social urban study,the“psychophysical mechanism”,urban poetics mainly researches the mutual relations between the physical and the moral organizations of a city in urba...Based on Robert E.Park’s theoretical frame of social urban study,the“psychophysical mechanism”,urban poetics mainly researches the mutual relations between the physical and the moral organizations of a city in urban poems,novels and dramas.This article considers John Updike as an urban poet since his poem collection Americana(2001)is a collection of urban poems.One of the representative poems,the sonnet“New York City”,depicts a despairing“separate nation”by presenting three typical physical cityscapes:television,beggars and skyscrapers.Each physical cityscape reveals its cultural value and social tradition of the city,and the psychological problems of the city dwellers.Tracing Updike’s personal urban experience and the poem’s intertextual space,this article explores his criticism on American big city:the alienated human relations,the anxiety of city life and the smallness of solipsism.His intention to parody John Milton’s Pandemonium in Paradise Lost,and to pay homage to Walt Whitman,reveals that this sonnet embodies rich connotations of urban poetics.展开更多
The article discusses the metaphor in Updike＇ s works through a multidimensional perspective achieving to the cognition of some insight and understanding,and metaphor is the mapping between two conceptual domains,als...The article discusses the metaphor in Updike＇ s works through a multidimensional perspective achieving to the cognition of some insight and understanding,and metaphor is the mapping between two conceptual domains,also metaphor is a thing to experience and understand another thing.And it is the general situation of human existence and the general characteristics of human nature,through the metaphor of this symbol, we recognize the twentieth century second half of the full 50 years of American social life history.展开更多
The sarcastic"rebel"Sammy aspires to shun the rules that bind him. Three girls who wear nothing but bathing suits in A&P prompt him to change his situation. The girls are objectified by the Other's l...The sarcastic"rebel"Sammy aspires to shun the rules that bind him. Three girls who wear nothing but bathing suits in A&P prompt him to change his situation. The girls are objectified by the Other's look. They feel embarrassed and leave A&P in a hurry, signifying the failure of their rebellion. Sammy, in order to attract the girl's attentions and challenge the rules he is not satis-fied with, chooses to quit his job, but only finds that few changes have been made. He loses his job and failed to impress the girls due to his rash action. He needs to take the responsibility for his own choice. Though apparently failing, Sammy and these girls manage to exert some influence on those who are dissatisfied with the system and rules, which is necessary for the advancement of the society.展开更多
文摘John Updike is a copious writer having a great influence on contemporary American literary history, whose artistic vision is mainly focused on the daily life of American middle class and their living conditions. The paper discusses the theme of religion in Updike＇s works from the perspectives of religion and science. It also analyzes the diversification of religion and summarizes the relationship between religion and the worldly life in America in the 20th century.
基金This paper is one of the research progress and outcomes of the programs“Urban Poetics of John Updike’s Poetry”(2016SJD750045)“Study on Multimodal Narrative in the 21st Century American Novels”(20BWW036),and“Study on Shakespeare’s City Play”(2021SJA1192).
文摘Based on Robert E.Park’s theoretical frame of social urban study,the“psychophysical mechanism”,urban poetics mainly researches the mutual relations between the physical and the moral organizations of a city in urban poems,novels and dramas.This article considers John Updike as an urban poet since his poem collection Americana(2001)is a collection of urban poems.One of the representative poems,the sonnet“New York City”,depicts a despairing“separate nation”by presenting three typical physical cityscapes:television,beggars and skyscrapers.Each physical cityscape reveals its cultural value and social tradition of the city,and the psychological problems of the city dwellers.Tracing Updike’s personal urban experience and the poem’s intertextual space,this article explores his criticism on American big city:the alienated human relations,the anxiety of city life and the smallness of solipsism.His intention to parody John Milton’s Pandemonium in Paradise Lost,and to pay homage to Walt Whitman,reveals that this sonnet embodies rich connotations of urban poetics.
文摘The article discusses the metaphor in Updike＇ s works through a multidimensional perspective achieving to the cognition of some insight and understanding,and metaphor is the mapping between two conceptual domains,also metaphor is a thing to experience and understand another thing.And it is the general situation of human existence and the general characteristics of human nature,through the metaphor of this symbol, we recognize the twentieth century second half of the full 50 years of American social life history.
文摘The sarcastic"rebel"Sammy aspires to shun the rules that bind him. Three girls who wear nothing but bathing suits in A&P prompt him to change his situation. The girls are objectified by the Other's look. They feel embarrassed and leave A&P in a hurry, signifying the failure of their rebellion. Sammy, in order to attract the girl's attentions and challenge the rules he is not satis-fied with, chooses to quit his job, but only finds that few changes have been made. He loses his job and failed to impress the girls due to his rash action. He needs to take the responsibility for his own choice. Though apparently failing, Sammy and these girls manage to exert some influence on those who are dissatisfied with the system and rules, which is necessary for the advancement of the society.
