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1、AgreatfablewiththesproutofpostmodernismWilliamGolding(1911-1993),afamouswriterfromBritainwhowastheNobelPrizeforliteraturein1983.In1954,hisbookLordoftheflieswaspublishedafter21publishingcompaniesrefused.Whatbeatallwasthatthisbookwassought-afterdesperately.ThewriterE.M.Forsterjudgedi
2、tasthebestnovelatthatyear.AnothercriticnamedV.S.PritchettsaidWilliamisawriterfullwithcreationandingenuities.Fromthen,Lordofthefliesbecamethebest-sellingbookatthattime,uptonowitpublishedmorethanmillion,weretranslatedtoabout30languages,thenfilmed2movies,itsalsoatextbookinmanysecondar
3、yschools,itwasthemodelofthecontemporaryliterature.Whythisbookissofamous?Thereare3reasonsIthink.First,therewasonebookcalledTheCoralislandandanotheronecalledRobinsonCrusoe,thesetwobooksalsotalkaboutlivingonaisletandwereveryfamous,buttheyareverydifferentformLordoftheflies;Second,forth
4、eparticularvisionofthisbook,Williamthoughtabouttheviciousofhuman,isverydifferentfromthetraditionallyliteratureswhichhavesolitaryisletasabackground,itshowedthesproutofpostmodernismwithainterestingfable;Third,Williamusesmutualandironyinthisbook,intensifythethemeofthisnovel.Nancy2Lord
5、ofthefliesnarratedastoryabouthowdidagroupofboysspendtheirtimeonaislet,ifyoulovetoreadbooks,youwillassociateabooknamedRobinsonCrusoeimmediately,indeed,Lordofthefliesisabooktalkingaboutliveonislet,buttherearelotsofdifferencebetweenthesebooks.InthebookRobinsonCrusoe,theprotagonistdrif
6、tstoaisletbyhimself,therewasnowaternofood,itwasdifficultforhimtostayaliveonit.Whatconfusedisthat,atlast,thisislandbecameaparadisebecauseofRobinson’sbraveandintelligence,hebuilditwithhisindustrioushandsandcleverhead.TheauthorinpraiseofRobinson'sunyieldingdetermination,hard-workingsp
7、iritandtenacityofperseverance.Fromadeepersense,novelstalkedabouttheconflictbetweenmanandnature,therefore,whatheiseulogizearetheentiremankindgreatwill,wisdomandstrength.Thisthemereflectstheenlightenmentperiodandtheinitialperiodofcapitalism’senterprisingspiritofoptimism,butalsoushers
8、intheeraofthe‘islandsliter