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1、ReadingHerzogfromaFeministPerspective Abstract:ThisessayisananalysisonSaulBellow’smasterpieceHerzoginthelightofFeminism,tryingtofindhowwomenlivedinapatriarchalworldwithafeministmovementin1960s’asgeneralbackground. Keywords:Herzog;Feminism;1960s’ 中图分类号:G642文献标识码:A文章编号:1672-1578(2
2、014)4-0011-03 1AnintroductiontoHerzog HerzogistheNoblePrizewinnerSaulBellow’smasterpiece,whichwaspublishedin1964.ItbecameabestsellerandwontheNationalBookAwardforfictionin1965.Herzogdealswiththemessinwhichanintelligentandgiftedmanfindshimselfduringhismiddleyears.Heistooevidentlyal
3、oser,asadsackandaschlemielashesuffersfromthelonelinessofestrangementfromhistwoex-wivesandhischildren.AlthoughMosesHerzogfullytastesthebitterdefeatandhumiliationintheworstindignitiesofcollapsedmorale,hestillseemstobespeakingforapossiblerecovery.Eccentricasheseemstobe,hebecomesasorto
4、f20th-centuryEverymanandhismindbecomesthefocusforsomeofthemajor12conflictsofmodernthought.ThemeaningofthebookremainsembeddedforthemostpartinHerzog’smemoriesandespeciallyinhisletterstotheworld,whichhaveonlyafragmentaryconnectiontooneanother.Thestructureofthebookischaracterizedbytheh
5、ero’sconsciousnessoflife.Thetoneiscomicinitsemphasizingtheexertionofthewillinordertokeeponeselffromsinking.ThesimpleplotofHerzogtellsthatMosesHerzog,afterhisseconddivorce,becamesomewhatmadandinterestedhimselfinwritingunsentmails.Withmassivelettersandrandomstreamsofconsciousness,Sau
6、lBellowinthenameofHerzog,meanttowritesomethingthatwilldealwithanewangleonthemoderncondition,showinghowlifecouldbelivedbyrenewinguniversalconnections,overturningthelastoftheRomanticerrorsabouttheuniquenessoftheSelf,revisingtheoldWestern,Faustianideology. 2AnanalysisofHerzoginlighto
7、ffeministcriticism Herzogisanovelwithfundamentalconcernsonhumanconditions.Butthisessayisfocusedonfeministcriticismforthenovel,tryingtofindsomenewinsightsbyanalysesandillustrations. 2.1ToexamineHerzog’sfeminizationwithneuteraesthetics MosesHerzog,attheageof47,withwrinklesandgrayi
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