“美国梦”的文学解读

“美国梦”是美国民族精神的象征,同时也是美国文学一个永恒的主题。一部美国文学史同时也是一部“美国梦”的历史。文章以美国文学的发展为主线,通过对不同时期有代表性的文学作品的分析,探讨特定社会历史背景下“美国梦”的特征和具体表现．从文学的角度解读“美国梦”。

Literary Interpretation of American Dream

American dream is the symbol of American spirits and has been encouraging generations of Americans to fight for their ambitions, which accounts partially for the rapid development of America as a superpower. Meanwhile, "American dream" is a permanent subject in American literature. To some extent, literary works originate from the social reality and reflect it in turn. American literature has witnessed the evolution of American dream, this paper thus aims to interpret American dream from literary perspective by analyzing the theme of American dream in typical American literary works in given literary periods.