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1、英译汉竞赛原文：ThePosteverythingGenerationIneverexpectedtogainanynewinsightintothenatureofmygeneration,orthechanginglandscapeofAmericancolleges,inLitTheory.LitTheoryissupposedtobetheclasswhereyousitatthebackoftheroomwitheveryotherjadedsophomorewearingskinnyjeans,thick-framedg
2、lasses,anironictee-shirtandover-sizedretroheadphones,justwaitingforlecturetobeoversoyoucanlightupaTurkishGoldandwalktolunchwhilelisteningtoWilco.That’sprettymuchthewayIspentthecourse,too:throughstructuralism,formalism,gendertheory,andpost-colonialism,Iwasfartoobusyshuf
3、flingthroughmyIpodtoseewhatthepatriarchalworldorderofcapitalistoppressionhadtodowithEthanFrome.Butwhenwebegantostudypostmodernism,somethingstruckachordwithmeandmademesitupandlookanewattheseeminglyblasécollege-agedliteratiofwhichIwassoself-consciouslyone.Accordingtomyte
4、xtbook,theproblemwithdefiningpostmodernismisthatit’simpossible.Thedifficultyisthatitisso...post.Itdefinesitselfsonegativelyagainstwhatcamebeforeit–naturalism,romanticismandthewildrevolutionofmodernism–thatit’ssometimeshardtoseewhatitactuallyis.Itdeniesthatanythingcanbe
5、explainedneatlyorevenatall.Itisparodic,detached,strange,andsometimesmenacingtotraditionalistswhodonotunderstandit.Althoughitaroseinthepost-warwest(thetermwascoinedin1949),thegenerationthathaswitnesseditsascendancehasyettocomeupwithanexplanationofwhatpostmodernattitudes
6、meanforthefutureofcultureorsociety.Thesubjectintriguedmebecause,inaclassotherwiseconsumedbydead-lettertheories,postmodernismremainedanopenbook,temptingtotheyoungandcurious.Butitalsointriguedmebecausethequestionofwhatpostmodernism–whatamovementsopost-everything,soretice
7、nttodefineitself–isspoketoalargerquestionaboutthepoliticalandpopularcultureoftoday,oftheotherjadedsophomoressittingaroundmewhohadgrownupinapostmodernworld.Inmanyways,asacollege-agedgeneration,wearealsoextremelypost:post-ColdWar,post-industrial,post-babyboom,post-9/11..
8、.atonepointinhisfamousessay,“Postmodernism,ortheCulturalLogicofLateCapitalism,”literarycriticFredericJamesonevencalls
