论马尔科姆·考利与“迷惘的一代”-比较文学与世界文学专业论文.docxVIP

AbstractAs Abstract As influential trend and school of literature emerging in the 20”century．the Lost Generation occupies an important position in the history of literature both in iiilerica and in the world Malcolm Cowley’S writing career was closely connected with the experience ofthe Lost Generation writers Although we have read great deal about the Lost Generation，when it comes tO Malcolm Cowley,he seems tO be a myth On one hand，we feel him an acquaintance because we quote pages of Cowley’S Exile j Return from time to time when we study Hemingway,Dos Passos，Fitzgerald，Eliot，Stein，and Joyce．Exile l Return：A Nal．7|ative ofIdeas(1 934)was the first book of its kind to give all authoritative design of interpretation of the social，historical，and literary forces at work on the Lost Generation Along with his later critical work on writers such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemin。m,vay,it made him a significant figure in the twentieth—century American literary history． On the other hand，since for a long time the studies concerning Cowley have been inconsiderably far from enough，in this sense，we feel Cowley a stranger．As we know，the former studies of the Lost Generation usually concentrate some famous Lost Generation writers and their literary works，such as Emest Hemingway,William Faulkner，F Scott Fitzgerald，who have been just considered as the representatives of their time But obviousIy few of those studies stated from the angle of Malcolm Cowley． Scholarly attention the author of this thesis has directed tO the Lost Generation is quite a distinct perspective from others．It has been in regard to Malcolm Cowley， Who was member of the post—w”generation With his coevals．he expenenced the First World War,witnessing the destruction and despair from it The beckoning promise of opportunity in art and life in Paris attracted him and made him an exile Besides his identity as a participant，Cowley was also a spectator．He was justified in presenting his spectatorial sense of his