In this essay I argue that the writing of American Jazz Age novelist F.Scott Fitzgerald responds to the developing national culture of his time, here described as an evolving relation between the marginality of the region and the hegemony of the center.Li
In this essay I argue that the writing of American Jazz Age novelist F.Scott Fitzgerald responds to the developing national culture of his time, here described as an evolving relation between the marginality of the region and the hegemony of the center.Li
本文认为,美国爵士时代的小说家菲茨杰拉德的作品对于作者所处时代和处于发展之中的民族文化(即区域边缘与国家霸权之间的演进关系)作出了回应.正如其小说中的许多人物一样,菲茨杰拉德从国家和典律中感知到阈限性(他自己的作品直到死后才获得盛誉),这使得他依赖于自己认为是最为边远的价值观念.与海明威相比较,菲茨杰拉德在更大程度上将位于美国中心的商品文化小说化,而最终他又出于道德考量将它予以拒绝.菲茨杰拉德从明显的美国文学话语边缘向去世之后被经典化的中心地位的漂移表现在地理、典律、道德三个方面.三者交织,使得学界关于他