第二次世界大战后英国小说概述  

Introduction to British Novels Since 1945

作　　者：王长荣[1] 

机构地区：[1]上海外国语学院

出　　处：《外国语》1989年第4期48-53,共6页Journal of Foreign Languages

摘　　要：第二次世界大战动摇了英国社会的基础。这一影响远远超过第一次世界大战。战争期间为了共同战胜侵略者,赢得反法西斯主义战争的胜利,各阶级、阶层的人民空前团结。统治阶级为了动员人民全力以赴投入战争,也对人民作出许诺:战后的英国社会将会更趋公平,公民的基本权利将得到保障。战争削弱了上层统治阶级,相当严重地摧毁了文官制度中的种姓体系,人民期望着变革。正是在这种历史背景之下,工党在1945年以压倒优势取得了战后第一次大选的胜利,入主白厅。工党政府适应广大中下层人民的要求,实行了一系列带有社会主义性质的政策:一、国有化政策。The United Kingdom, greatly weakened during World War Ⅱ, was overtaken by other developed countries. Evelyn Wangh, Graham Greene, C. P. Snow and Anthony Powell were still prolific afterthe War and their novels mirrored the decline of British aristocracy. Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, JohnBraine and Kingsley Amis are novelists of working class or lower middle class origin. Their works inthe 1950s reflected the anger and anxiety of the younger generation. Novels by experimentalwriters like Dorris Lessing, Muriel Spark, Angus Wilson, B. S. Johnson and William Golding givereaders much thought about the changes of British society since 1945.

关 键 词：英国社会 六十年代 第二次世界大战期间 五十年代 阶层 小说家 英国小说 家庭 原材料 社会主义性质 

分 类 号：H3[语言文字]