英美文学选读PPT.pptVIP

* * * * The theme of Lord of the Flies is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual not on any political system Survival Power/Leadership Civilization vs. Savagery Loss of Innocence Human Nature Good vs. Evil American Literature 1896-1940 1922--The Beautiful and the Damned 1922--Tales of the Jazz Age (short stories) 1923--The Vegetable (a play) 1925--The Great Gatsby 1934--Tender is the Night (last finished novel) published after the start of The Great Depression it is a