一幅地位驱动下的美国社会图景——评汤姆·沃尔夫小说《完美的人》  

A Panorama of American Society Driven by "Status"——A Review of Tom Wolfe's Novel A Man in Full

作　　者：李燕[1] 

机构地区：[1]苏州大学外国语学院,江苏苏州215006

出　　处：《外语教学》2007年第5期66-69,共4页Foreign Language Education

摘　　要：美国新新闻主义创始人之一汤姆.沃尔夫的小说《完美的人》于1998年出版后极受欢迎却又非议颇多。本文通过对小说文本的解读,同时结合作者创作思想与手法的考察,指出《完美的人》是采用不同于传统欧洲思维方式的"社会地位"概念指导下创作的新社会小说;是一部迥异于后现代实验小说、力图承担起"解释美国社会的任务"的文学作品;通过对社会地位驱动下的美国芸芸众生图的生动刻画,《完美的人》解构了当代美国精英阶层的欧洲文化至上的殖民情结。Tom Wolfe＇s novel A Man in Full, though extremely popular since its publication in 1998, has received more condemnations than celebrations. Combining a close reading of the text with the author＇s writing principle and techniques, this paper argues that A Man in Full, woven through a unique concept of ＂status＂, which is quite different from the traditional European way of thinking, is a new social novel distinct from postmodern experimental fic- tion. Attempting to shoulder the task of interpreting the American society, A Man in Full not only vividly depicts a panorama of contemporary American social life, hut also deconstructs the ＂colonial complex＂ in the mind of contemporary American elite.

关 键 词：《完美的人》 沃尔夫 现实主义 社会地位 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]