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2、eLost史蒂芬·金：TheWasteLandswww.TopSage.com大家网www.TopSage.com大家网IntroductionPearlBuckandTheGoodEarthFROMTHEDAYofitspublicationin1931,TheGoodEarthhasbeenoneofthemostpopularnovelsofthetwentiethcentury.Salesfiguresandprizestellpartofthestory.Severalmillioncopiesofthebookhavebeensoldinmorethansixtycount
3、ries,includingtheUnitedStates.ThebookwonthePulitzerPrizeandtheWilliamDeanHowellsmedalforfiction.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerpaidthethen-recordsumof$50,000formovierights.Thefilmversionofthenovel,releasedin1937,wasseenbyovertwentymillionpeoplearoundtheworld.Oneofthemovie'sstars,LuiseRainer,wonanAcademyAwar
4、dforbestactress.TheinfluenceofTheGoodEarthhasperhapsprovenevenmoreremarkablethanitspopularity.Foratleastthirtyyears,wellintothe1960s,PearlBuck'snovelplayedagreaterroleinshapingWesternattitudestowardChinathananyotherbook.InTheGoodEarth,forthefirsttime,AmericanandEuropeanreadersencounteredChinesec
5、haracterswhothoughtandbehavedlikeordinary,believablehumanbeingsratherthancartoon"Orientals."ThisisthemainachievementofBuck'snovel,andthesourceofitslastingsignificance.PriortoTheGoodEarth,WesternershadreducedAsianpeopletoaclusterofsimplifledstereotypes,mostoftheminsulting:theChineseweredishonest,
6、cruel,inscrutable;theywereaddictedtoopiumanddelightedintorture;theirsocietywasbackwardanddecadent.ThesevulgarbutdurableclichéswererootedinthefertilesoilofWesternignorance.In1931,whenTheGoodEarthappeared,AmericansknewalmostnothingaboutChina.Onlyahandfulofmerchants,diplomats,andmissionarieshadsetf
7、ootinChinaorinanyAsiancountry.Intheabsenceofaccurateknowledge,AmericansreplacedChineserealitywithstickfiguresofviceandimmorality,transformingAsiansintocaricatureslikethevillainousFuManchuandBretHarte'scomic"HeathenChinee."Pe
