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1、“CATTI杯”第二十七届韩素音青年翻译奖竞赛英译汉竞赛原文：ThePosteverythingGenerationIneverexpectedtogainanynewinsightintothenatureofmygeneration,orthechanginglandscapeofAmericancolleges,inLitTheory.LitTheoryissupposedtobetheclasswhereyousitatthebackoftheroomwitheveryotherjadedsophomorewearingskinnyjeans,thick-framedglasses
2、,anironictee-shirtandover-sizedretroheadphones,justwaitingforlecturetobeoversoyoucanlightupaTurkishGoldandwalktolunchwhilelisteningtoWilco.That’sprettymuchthewayIspentthecourse,too:throughstructuralism,formalism,gendertheory,andpost-colonialism,IwasfartoobusyshufflingthroughmyIpodtoseewhatthepatri
3、archalworldorderofcapitalistoppressionhadtodowithEthanFrome.Butwhenwebegantostudypostmodernism,somethingstruckachordwithmeandmademesitupandlookanewattheseeminglyblasécollege-agedliteratiofwhichIwassoself-consciouslyone.Accordingtomytextbook,theproblemwithdefiningpostmodernismisthatit’simpossible.T
4、hedifficultyisthatitisso...post.Itdefinesitselfsonegativelyagainstwhatcamebeforeit–naturalism,romanticismandthewildrevolutionofmodernism–thatit’ssometimeshardtoseewhatitactuallyis.Itdeniesthatanythingcanbeexplainedneatlyorevenatall.Itisparodic,detached,strange,andsometimesmenacingtotraditionalists
5、whodonotunderstandit.Althoughitaroseinthepost-warwest(thetermwascoinedin1949),thegenerationthathaswitnesseditsascendancehasyettocomeupwithanexplanationofwhatpostmodernattitudesmeanforthefutureofcultureorsociety.Thesubjectintriguedmebecause,inaclassotherwiseconsumedbydead-lettertheories,postmoderni
6、smremainedanopenbook,temptingtotheyoungandcurious.Butitalsointriguedmebecausethequestionofwhatpostmodernism–whatamovementsopost-everything,soreticenttodefineitself–isspoketoalargerquestionaboutthepoliticalandpopularcultureoftoday,oftheotherjadedsophomoressittingaroundmewhohadgrownupinapostmodernwo
7、rld.Inmanyways,asacollege-agedgeneration,wearealsoextremelypost:post-ColdWar,post-industrial,post-babyboom,post-9/11...atonepointinhisfamousessay,“Postmodernism,ortheCulturalLogicofLateCapitalism,”literarycriticF
