an analysis of john updike’s artistic expressiveness in the christian roommates

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1、AnAnalysisofJohnUpdike’sArtisticExpressivenessinTheChristianRoommates　　Abstract：AsafamousAmericannovelist，JohnUpdikeshowshisgreatartisticexpressivenessinTheChristianRoommatesinthreeaspects：polarizedcharacterization，psychologicaldescriptionandscenicdescriptionandtheuseofempa

2、thy.　　Keywords：JohnUpdike；ArtisticExpressiveness；TheChristianRoommates　　中图分类号：I106文献标识码：A文章编号：1672-1578（2016）011-0004-02　　JohnHoyerUpdikewasanAmericanshortstorywriter，novelist，poet，literarycritic，andartcritic.　　HisshortstoryTheChristianRoommates？firstappearedintheApril1964i

3、ssueoftheNewYorker？magazineandhasbeencollectedinJohnUpdike：TheEarlyStories（Updike，2003.）？andanthologizedinAmericanShortStoryMasterpieces（Carver，2008）.HereweattempttomakeaninquiryintohisartisticexpressivenessinhisshortstoryTheChristianRoommate.　　1TheStoryAnalysis　　Thestoryis

4、aboutseveralroommatesonafirstyearresidence7hall，butfocusesontheexperienceoftwodistinctroommates.OrsonZieglercamestraighttoHarvardfromthesmallSouthDakotatownwherehisfatherwasthedoctor.Hisfuturewasfirminhismind：thepre-medcoursehere，medicalschoolatHarvard，Penn，orYaleandthenbac

5、ktoSouthDakotawherehehadhiswifealreadyselectedandclaimedandprimedtowait.　　BecauseOrsonwasaProtestantChristian（Methodist）fromwestoftheMississippi，theauthoritieshadgivenhimasafreshmanroommateaself-convertedEpiscopalianfromOregon，HenryPalamountain.　　Hub，ashelikedtobecalled，was

6、20，hadworkedinaplywoodmill，&wasaconscientiousobjector.ThislastwassignificantbecausetheKoreanWarhadbegunthatsummer.HewouldspinforhalfanhoureachdayafterYoga.　　HeconsideredhimselfanAnglicanChristianPlatonist，stronglyinfluencedbyGandhi.This[story]isanaccountofOrson'sclashwithHu

7、bduringtheyear[and]descriptionsoftheotherroommatesinthedormitory.　　Later，Orson'slifedidprogressjustashehadplanned.HubwenttoUnionTheologicalSeminary，andwoundupinMadagascar，accordingtohisowndescription，"asasortofcombinationmissionary，politicalagitator&soccercoach！"7　　2Polariz

8、edCharacterization：OrsonandHub　　In“TheChristianRoommates”therearetwoHarvardfreshma