浅析德莱赛小说中的消费文化

德莱赛是美国自然主义的代表作家之一,其作品的自然主义,现实主义为读者所熟知。然而,其作品也到处弥漫着消费盛行的气息,人们被眼花缭乱的物质世界所包围,逐渐抛弃传统伦理道德,而陷于物欲的泥藻。本文通过德莱赛的两部作品《嘉莉妹妹》和《美国的悲剧》的解读,来分析德莱赛小说中消费文化的体现,了解作家对消费文化所持有的矛盾心理。

On the consumer culture of Dresser novel

Theodore Dreiser is the representative writer of American Naturalism.His works not only represent the naturalism and realism but also filled with the atmosphere of consumption.Human beings are surrounded by the material world and gradually abandon the traditional ethics.After rereading his two works Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy,we can interpret Dreiser’s contradictory attitude to the new consumption culture.