《嘉莉妹妹》-一个十九世纪末二十世纪初美国消费文化的文本.docVIP

　　《嘉莉妹妹》:一个十九世纪末二十世纪初美国消费文化的文本----英美文学论文 --Sister Carrie ：A Novel of America Consumer Culture at the Turn of the 20th century Abstract:Theodore Dreiser is the most famous American in America. His first novel, Sister Carrie, deliberately describes transgression on human desires and consumption, and social immorality ost critics regard Sister Carrie as an advocate of moral corruption and degeneration. And Dreiser is also criticized as a cruel exposer of American social darkness, in bourgeoisie society, ong the inant social ideology. This paper, different from the traditional criticism, puts Sister Carrie into the context of America consumer culture at the turn of the 20th century and focuses on the aspect of culture criticism to explore the entality in the neing ideology. In this culture, modity is not merely the necessity used to satisfy human’s basic need, it has risen to the symbol of status and dignity. Consequently, people should obey their instinct and as consumers, they should regard enjoyment as their duty, as a kind of undertaking. In a er culture claims satisfaction, treasure and hedonism, and makes people believe that they have left the heroic producing sector for the hedonic sector for expenditure. Dreiser sho on social system by displaying vulgarity and moral laxity. Hoing mass of detail——of clothing, money, manners, and actual nes——that Dreiser creates a mosaic of experience of the te and place. Though Carrie’s desire, er culture deeply. Dreiser’s description of Carrie’s pursuit on goods and luxury also reflects his oerica consumer culture at the turn of the 20th century. Key er culture; consuming ideology ; Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie 《嘉莉妹妹》:一个十九世纪末二十世纪初美国消费文化的文本 摘要:西奥多#8226;德莱塞是美国最著名的作家之一。他的第一部长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》刻意地描写人们在欲望和消费上的越界，以犀利的笔锋描绘了道德败坏。因而大多数批评家认为《嘉莉妹妹》宣扬的是道德败坏和人性堕落。德莱塞也被列为美国社会黑幕的揭发者，被认为是一个欲玷污自己国家的险恶批评家。 本文把《嘉莉妹妹》放到19世纪末二十世纪初美国的消费文化语境中来研究，以德莱塞和当时社会主流意识形态的关系为解决点，从文化批评角度来探讨和分析在作品中所描绘的生动场景。消费文化,放在当时的背景来讲,它意味着对物质财富的拥有和奢华的消费方式,在这种消费文化 --体系下,商品不只是意味着满足人们的