Chapter 27the Post World War II Generation
Historical Background
- the optimism in the post-WW 2 generation
- quickly eroded by the Cold War
- MaCarthyism fundamentally poisoned people’s live in the 1950
- the civil rights movement
- the Vietnam War
Life has been complicated by political or radical acts of violence
Features of Postwar Novels
Themes: included social tyranny, the subjugation of the individual, the search for personal identity, and the writer’s self-indulgence in a self-imposed environment.
1. Saul Bellow (1915 ~ 2005) 索尔·贝洛
One of the most famous contemporary American novelists
First novel published in 1944
Wrote large number of full-length novels, short stories and plays
He won both Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize in 1976
Theme
- contemporary society is a threat to people’s life and independent personalities
- people in this environment are prone to be paranoia and insane
Major Works
Dangling Man 《摇来晃去的人》
The Victim 《受害者》
Seize the Day 《奥吉马奇历险记》
Henderson the Rain King 《只争朝夕》
Herzog 《赫索格》
Mosby’s Memoirs 《莫比斯的回忆》
Mr. Sammler’s Planet 《塞姆勒先生的行星》
Humbolt’s Gift 《洪堡的礼物》
The Dean’s December 《院长的十二月》
More Die of Heratbreak 《更多的人死于伤心》
The Bellarosa Connection 《贝拉罗莎暗道》
A Theft 《偷窃》
Something to Remember Me 《以此记住我》
The Last Analysis 《最后的分析》
2. Norman Mailer (1923 ~ 2007)
诺曼·梅勒
Multifaceted genius
Major Works
The Naked and the Dead 《裸者与死者》
Barbary Shore 《北非之岸》
The Deer Park 《鹿园》
The Armies of the Night 《夜幕下的大军》
Marilyn: A Nobel Biography
《玛丽琳：小说体传记》
The Execution’s Song 《刽子手之歌》
Ancient Evening 《古老的夜晚》
Tough Guys Don’t Dance 《硬汉不跳舞》
Harlot’s Ghost 《哈洛特的鬼影》
The Gospel According to the son
《圣子福音》
Advertisement for Myself 《我自己的广告》
An American Dream 《美国梦》
Why Are We in Vietnam?
《我们为什么在越南？》
Miami and the Siege of Chicago
《迈阿密和芝加哥之围》
Existential Errands 《存在主义的使命》
Genies and Lust 《天才和欲望》
‘The White Negro’ 《白色黑人》
3. J. D. Salinger (1919 ~ 2010)
杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格
J.D. Salinger was born in NY City to a Jewish middle class family
He was a unique writer, and wrote only one full-length novel
For decades afterward, he lived in seclusion and died in 2010
Major Works
The Catcher in the Rye 《麦田里的守望者》
‘The Young Folks’ 《年轻人》
‘Slight Rebellion off Madison’
《麦迪逊街边的小乱子》
‘I’m Crazy’ 《我疯了》
Nine Story 《九篇故事》
Franny and Zooey 《弗拉尼和佐伊》
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour: An Introduction
《木工们，升高顶梁；及西摩介绍》
4. Bernard Malamud (1914 ~ 1986)
伯纳德·马拉穆德
Considered one of the major Jewish writers of the postwar one of the major Jewish writers of the post war period
Major Works
The Natural 《天生有才的人》
The Assistant 《电源》
A New Life 《新生活》
The Fixer 《基辅怨》
The Tennants 《房客》
Pictures of Fidelman 《费尔德曼写照》
Dubin’s Lives 《杜宾的生活》
God’s Grace 《上帝的恩典》
The People 《人们》
The Magic Barrel 《魔桶》
Idiots First 《白痴第一》
Rembrandt’s Hat 《拉姆布兰特的帽子》
5. John Updike (1932 ~ 2009)
约翰·厄普代克
The Centaur 《半人半马》
Couples 《夫妻们》
Marry Me Gertrude & Claudius
《同我结婚》
Rabbit, Run 《兔子快跑》
Rabbit Redux 《兔子归来》
Rabbit Is Rich 《兔子阔了》
Rabbit at Rest 《兔子歇了》
Licks of Love 《怀念兔子》
6. John Cheever (1912 ~ 1982)
约翰·契弗
The Stories of John Cheever
《约翰·契弗短篇小说集》
The Wapshot Chronicle 《维普肖特记事》
The Wapshot Scandal 《维普肖特丑闻》
Ballet Park 《布里特公园》
Falconer 《猎鹰者》
Oh, What a Paradise It Seems
《啊，那多么像天堂》
‘Swimmer’ 《游泳者》
7. Flannery O’Conner (1925 ~ 1964)
弗兰纳里·奥康纳
Wise Blood 《慧血》
A Good Man Is Hard to Find 《好人难寻》
The Violent Bear It Away 《暴力得逞》
Everything That Rises Must Converge
《水到渠成》
8. William Styron (1925 ~ 2006)
威廉·史泰龙
Lie Down in Darkness 《在黑暗中躺下》
Set This House on Fire 《放火烧屋》
The Confessions of Not Turner
《奈特·特纳的自白》
Sophies’s Choice 《索菲的选择》
The Long March 《长途行军》
9. Truman Capote (1924 ~ 1984)
杜鲁门·卡波特
Other Voices, Other Rooms
《其他事情，其他房间》
The Grass Harp 《草竖琴》
A Christmas Memory 《圣诞回忆》
Breakfast at Tiffany 《蒂芙尼的早餐》
In Cold Blood 《冷血》
10. Philip Roth (1933 ~ )
菲利普·罗斯
Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Story
《再见，哥伦布，及五个短篇故事》
Portnoy’s Complaint
《波特诺伊的抱怨》
11. Joyce Carol Oates (1938 ~ )
乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨
Them 《他们》
Wonderland 《奇境》
Do with Me What You Will
《对我爱怎样就怎样》
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