Poetic Dwelling in the Repressive Urban Space--A Spatial Narratological Study of the Existential Crisis in J. D. Salinger＇s The Young Folks,The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey.pdfVIP

科技探·索 ·争鸣 Sc科ience技Tech视nology界Vision 项目 PoeticDwellingintheRepressive UrbanSpace ASpatialNarratologicalStudyoftheExistentialCrisisinJ．D．Sahnger’s“TheYoungFolks”， TheCatcherintheRyeandFrannyandZooey 罗姒妤 (云南大学外国语学院，云南 昆明 650504) Inthe1950sand early 1960s，theAmericansocietytook onanair predicamentof representational crisis．It appeals to a new form of ofunprecedentedmaterialprosperity．However，theflourishingeconomy n arr affvewhich fitstheurban spatialexperience． “Literary space． failedtoprovidepeoplewiththespiritualcontenttheyexpectedtocome which can alsobecalledrepresentationalspace．isa field permeated with it．The inanition in the spiritualworld and the affluencein the bypolitical andcultural powers．Itmanipulatesanddisciplineshuman material worldcreatedasharp contrastwhichledtoagrowingsenseof existence．” (Xie，2010：89)Salingerisaconnoisseurindepicting anxiety and dissatisfaction．Asa result， “many Americansreacted to urban spaces by expatiating on the existential experience of his thesedevelopmentswithambivalence，evenhostility．” (Brinkley 1999： protagonists．In his eady narratives，Salinger criticizes the profomld 1010)ItwasagainstthismilieuthatJeromeDavidSalingerexamineshis boredom and mediocrityoftheurbanspacebyreflectingon tragicfate growth asayoungmiddleclassAmerican in retrospectand started his ofthoughtfulminds．In hisfirstpublished short story “The Young literarycareer． Folks，’’Ednathe meditativeartistic younglady sitsalone and aloftin Salinger’ssharp observation and critiqueofthe capitalistsociety aparty， “whosinceeighto’clockhadbeensittinginthebigredchair exert