《小镇畸人》中交流障碍研究_英语论文

A Study of Failed Communication in Winesburg, Ohio

摘要

舍伍德·安德森是美国现代文学的先驱之一。他的作品栩栩如生地展现了美国工业化过渡时期人们的生活场景及心理状态。《小镇畸人》是安德森最具代表性的短篇小说集。这本书勾勒出许多生动的小镇人物形象。这些人物具有一个共同的特点，他们都饱受身体障碍和心理障碍的困扰。而在这些人物所遭遇的心理障碍中，交流障碍显得格外突出。

这篇论文主要讨论人物所经历的交流障碍。第一章讨论人物所处的社会背景和个人经历背景对《小镇畸人》写作主题的影响。工业化文明带来的冲击，使得人们固有的生活习惯和价值观念受到了巨大的影响。而安德森的小镇成长经历则让他对小镇人物的在工业化进程中遭遇的困难更为敏感和感同身受。这些背景能帮助我们更好地理解本书主题。

第二章主要为本文所论述的交流障碍提供丰富的事实论据。《小镇畸人》中有多处体现了人物所经历的交流障碍。为了更清晰地展现，本文将其归纳为四类：母子之间的交流障碍，男女之间的交流障碍，个人和社会之间的交流障碍，以及人类和上帝之间的交流障碍。

第三章侧重于分析产生这些交流障碍的原因。主要有四个：旧时经历的创伤，爱的失落，工业化的冲击，以及宗教信仰的迷失。

关键词：《小镇畸人》，交流障碍，小镇，工业化

Abstract

Sherwood Anderson is one of the remarkable figures in modern American literature. His works unfold the living condition during the transitional period before our eyes. Winesburg, Ohio, his most renowned story collection, depicts many vivid pictures of small town life to us. The characters in this book are suffering both physically and psychologically. Among the psychological problem, the blockage of communication has been especially paid attention to.

This paper is a study of failed communication among the characters. Chapter one talks about the backgrounds. By taking a glimpse of the social background, we could have an impression of the roaring industrialization and its impact to the society. Sherwood Anderson’s early experience as a town boy gives him a special affection for small towns and small town people. This gives us a hint for understanding the book. 

Chapter two aims to give some examples of failed communication shown in the book. To make it clear, it is divided into four catalogs--the failed communication between mother and son, between man and woman, between individual and society, and the last, between God and human beings. The four catalogs give us abundant evidences of people’s suffering from the failed communication.

Chapter three tries to analyze the causes of failed communication. There are four aspects that cause the problem, they are: the trauma of past experiences, the loss of love, the coming of industrialization and the diminishing religious belief.

Key words: Winesburg, Ohio; Failed communication; Small town; Industrialization