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1、AnInterpretationofLiberalEducationintheCatcherintheRyeAbstract:Liberaleducationtriestoleavethereality,constantlygobeyonditself,developpeople’srationalityandawakenpeople'sfreedomnature.Salinger'stheCatcherintheRye,praisedas"modernclassic",impliesthewriter’scallforliberaleducationwhichbecomesfresh
2、spring,purifiespeople’slostsoulsandguidescontemporaryteachingmethods.Inaworldwhereutilitarianismisprevalenttoday,preservinganddevelopingliberaleducationprovestobeofgreatpreciousness.Keywords:theCatcherintheRye;liberaleducationTheCatcherintheRyeisacontroversialnovelbyJ.D.Salinger,originallypublis
3、hedforadults,butbecomingpopularwithadolescentreadersforitsthemesofteenageangstandalienationlateron.Sinceitspublicationin1951,ithasattractedextensiveattentionandhasbecomeoneofthemostinfluentialliteraryworksincontemporaryAmericanliterature.HoldenCaulfield,theprotagonisthasbecomeaniconforteenagereb
4、ellion.Thenovelalsodealswithcomplexissuesofidentity,belonging,loss,andconnection.Thenovelnarratesthe16-year-oldboyHolden’sepisodeoflifefromtheperspectiveofthefirst-person.ThenoveltookplaceoverthreedaysinDecember1949whenhewasexpelledfromschoolanddidnotdaretogohome.ThenhewanderedintheprosperousNew
5、YorkCityforonedayandtwonights.Thenovelemployedthe stream-of-consciousnesstechniqueandfullyexploredtheinnerworldofateenageboy.Holton,theprotagonistofthenovel,wasbornintoamerchantfamily,butnothappy.Heseemedtobetrappedinthehypocrisyofmoderncivilizationandfailedtofindlifegoal,depressedandfrustrated.
6、Eventuallyhegrewintoalonely,sensitiveandnegativeboyandembarkedontheroadofselfredemption.Hence,Salingerwantedtobethecatcherintherye,implyingthehisdiscontenttotheeducationrealityandeagernesstoliberaleducationreturningtotheideal.What’smore,liberaleducationwasexceptedtoaim forno secularutility,watch
7、inghealthygrowthofeachchildren.ThispaperattemptstograsptheessenceofliberaleducationembodiedinthecatcherintheRyefrompedagogicalperspectivesoastoprovidebetterguidancefortheinstructionalpractice.1.Theconceptofliberaleducationan
