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1、LiteraryGiant:TheodoreDreiser
2、第1内容加载中...lunericanpractitionerofnaturalism.HeovementthatreplacedtheobservanceofVictoriannotionsofproprietyatter.Amongotherthemes,hisnovelsexplorethenesthathadariseninarapidlyindustrializingAmerica.theodoredreiser(1871—1945)erica'sgreatestoralcode
3、:theysimplyignoredit,Thisattitudeshockedthereadingpubliceoutin1900.Althoughasterpiece,iteandmovestoChicago.Sheispletelyhonestaboutherdesireforabetterlife:clothes,moneyandsocialposition.Dreiserhimselfhadbeenborninpoverty,andthereforedoesn'tcriticizeherforthis.Nordoeshecriticize
4、herrelationshipsen.CarrieisquitemodernintheovesfromoneDreiserdoesnotforgetthebasicprinciplesofhisnaturalism.Ontheonehand,theauthorsaysthat"theovesforan"offate.LikeCarrie,hissuccessismostlytheresultofchance.Dreiser'sgreatestnovel,AnAmericanTragedy(1925),revealsathirdstageinhist
5、hinking:socialconsciousness.MuchmorethaninSisterCarrie,heseeshischaractersasvictimsofsociety.ClydeGriffiths,thehero(or"anti-hero"),hasthesamedreamasCarrie:hethinksmoneyandsuccesshappiness.ennonitebackground.InlaterlifeDreiserily'sresultingmaterialdeprivation,buthealotherinantt
6、hemesinhisnovels,andthemisadventuresofhisbrothersandsistersinearlyadultlifegavehimadditionalmaterialonetobelievethathumanbeingsarehelplessinthegripofinstinctsandsocialforcesbeyondtheircontrol,andhejudgedhumansocietyasanunequalcontestbetagazines.HemarriedSaraoods,CadencedandDec
7、laimed(1926).TheGreatDepressionofthe1930sendedDreiser'sprosperityandintensifiedhismitmenttosocialcauses.Hecametoreconsiderhisoppositiontomunismanderica(1931).Hisonlyimportantliteraryachievementinthisdecadeostcandidself-revelationsbyanymajoriddleandlate'30shisgroysticalphilosop
8、hy.In1938DreisermovedfromNeistresssince1920.TherehesetaboutmarketingthefilmrightstohisearliereyearhemarriedHelen.(SaraoreintellectuallyconsistentthanDreiser'searliernovels,thisbookalsoboastssomeofhismostpolishedprose.D.AssessmentDreiser'sconsiderablestature,beyondhishistoricim
9、portanceasapioneerofunvarnishedtruth-tellinginmodernliteratur