《大西洋和太平洋商场》成长主题探析

《大西洋和太平洋商场》是约翰.厄普代克短篇小说中的代表性作品。一些学者从社会道德、文学的社会功能、个人与社会的矛盾冲突等角度对此文进行过细致解读。本文作者认为,此短篇小说亦是关于小人物或者“反英雄”成长历程的典型之作。本文从个人与社会矛盾的外在表象入手,探析故事主人公本我与超我的内在冲突、成长中顿悟与困惑的悖论。论述了人物成长过程中个人与社会的妥协、融合以及个体的存在意义。

A Thematic Reading of John Updike's "A & P" in Terms of Bildungsroman Story

As a representative work among the short stories by John Updike,"A&P" has been interpreted from the perspectives of social mores,the social function of literature,as well as the conflict between individual and society.The present authors,however,believe that this piece of work is also a model of Bildungsroman stories about anti-hero.They are to explore the hero's internal conflict between Id and Superego as well as the paradox between epiphany and perplexity by presenting the external conflict between indiv...