英语时文泛读书笔记.docVIP

英语时文泛读读书笔记 学 院：外国语学院 专 业：英语 姓 名：李琛 学 号：N3110210104 书 名：《The Catcher in the Rye》 作 者 名：J. D. Salinger 出 版 信 息：凤凰出版社2011年8月第17次印刷 Title: The Catcher in the Rye Total number of pages: 448pp The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, language, and rebellion. It has been translated into almost all of the worlds major languages. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novels protagonist and antihero, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel was included on Times 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the United States and other countries for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst. It also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, connection, and alienation. Reception: The Catcher in the Rye has been listed as one of the best novels of the 20th century. Shortly after its publication, writing for The New York Times, Nash K. Burger called it an unusually brilliant novel, while James Stern wrote an admiring review of the book in a voice imitating Holdens. 41st United States president George H. W. Bush called it a marvelous book, listing it among the books that have inspired him. In June 2009, the BBCs Finlo Rohrer wrote that, 58 years since publication, the book is still regarded as the defining work on what it is like to be a teenager. Holden is at various times disaffected, disgruntled, alienated, isolated, directionless, and sarcastic. Adam Gopnik considers it one of the thre