身份认同视角下《猜火车》中青年亚文化的分析.docx

1、身份认同视角下猜火车中青年亚文化的分析摘 要青年亚文化所代表的是处于边缘地位的青少年群体的利益，它对成年人社会秩序往往采取一种颠覆的态度。所以，青年亚文化最突出的特点就是它的边缘性、颠覆性和批判性。青年亚文化是对主流文化的反抗，置身其中的年轻人因这个文化圈所特有的性质常常对自己的身份认同很是困惑。小说猜火车较为深入地剖析青年亚文化圈，对他们的生活做了较为真实的描述，凸显了青年在该亚文化圈中身份认同的困惑，表现出他们焦虑的心态及个人认同感的缺失，充分展现了底层苏格兰人物的复杂心情。关键词：猜火车；青年亚文化；身份认同困惑；社会认同；毒品AbstractYouth subcultures that

2、 show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures. Youth subculture represents the interests of marginalized youth groups, which often adopt a subversive attitude towards the social order of adults, so the most prominent feature of youth subculture is it

3、s marginal, subversive and critical nature. Youth subculture is a revolt against the mainstream culture, in which the young people are often confused about their identity because of the peculiar nature of the cultural circle. The novel Trainspotting deeply analyzes the youth subculture, and makes a

4、realistic description of their life, and depicts the confusion of the young peoples identity in the subculture. Showing their anxious mentality and lack of personal identity, the novel fully demonstrated the complex mood of the bottom Scottish characters. Key Words: Trainspotting; Youth Subculture;

5、Identity Dilemma; social identity; Scotland; DrugsContentsChapter 1 Introduction1.1 Research Background1.2 Summary of the novel1.3 Main content and Objective1.4 Theoretical FoundationsChapter 2 Literature Review2.1 Study on Identity Dilemma2.2 Study on Youth Subculture in Trainspotting2.3 Analysis o

6、f characters in novelChapter 3 Analysis and Discussion3.1 Performance of Youth Subculture in novel3.2 Causes of Youth Subculture3.2.1 Internal Causes3.2.2 External CausesChapter 4 Conclusion4.1 Main Finding4.2 LimitationReferencesChapter 1. IntroductionThis chapter is a brief summary of the author,

7、novel, and the theory used in this thesis.1.1 Research Background and Brief Introduction of Welsh Irvine Wales is a widely acclaimed Scottish novelist, who was born in 1958, and has been called the Poet Laureate of the Medicine Age by virtue of the book Trainspotting. The book is famous for its true

8、 portrayal of the lower-class people living in Scotland. Trainspotting is also the first and most famous one of his works. Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognized for this novel, which was later made into a film of the same name. His work is characterized by a raw Scot

9、s dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.Trainspotting is well worth reading, not only because few writers have tried to dabble in the unique British youth culture, but, more importantly, few writers have been able

10、to explore this area as deeply as this book. As well as recreational drug use, Welshs novel and non-novel is dominated by the question of working class and identity of people in Scotland in the period spanning the 1960s to now. Within this, he probes the rise and fall of the council housing scheme,

11、denial of opportunity, sectarianism, football, hooliganism, sex, suppressed homosexuality, dance clubs, low-paid work, freemasonry, Irish republicanism, sodomy, class divisions, emigration and, perhaps most of all, the humor, prejudices and axioms of the Scots. Welsh is famous for writing in his nat

12、ive Edinburgh Scots dialect. He almost ignores the traditional conventions of literary Scots, which used by other writers, for example, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, and James Orr. On the contrary, he transcribes dialects phonetically. His other books include

13、a collection of short stories Acid House, The Marabou Stork Nightmare, Ecstasy, and the most recent work If you liked School, youll Work.1.2 Summary of TrainspottingThe novel describes the life of a group of young drug addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the film based on this book is considered one

14、 of the most energetic films of the 1996. Mark Reton is an addict, and the three people he lives with are also of the same kind, sickboy Simon, the retarded man potato Daniel, the young girl named Allison, her little daughter Donne was born from her and one of the three, but none of them could figur

15、e out who was the father of the child. Friends play With them usual are Tommy and Bergbie. Mark and Daniel Cleverly let themselves out of the interview, thus eliminating the unemployment benefits. Afterwards they went to the pub to celebrate, Bergbie the random violence to injure the person, the bar

16、 fell into chaos. Mark met a young, sexy woman named Diane at a disco, and she took Mark home for the night. But Diane was only 14 years old.Mark tried to detox, but in the end he couldnt resist the temptation. He and Daniel robbed tourists and bought drugs with that money. Tommy was devastated by h

17、is girlfriend Lizs departure, and he was addicted to drugs. Allisons little daughter suddenly burst into bed. Mark and Daniel were caught when stealing things in the supermarket. In order to forget this series of troubles, Mark took an overdose of heroin and fell into unconscious. He was sent to hos

18、pital for rescue. Hisparents put Mark home to lock in the room, forced him to detox, then he realized that stability is the true meaning of life. After detoxification, Mark left Edinburgh and went to find a job in a real estate company in London. But Marks new life was interrupted at first. Bergbie

19、and Simon ensued. Mark had no patience with them. Then came with the sad news that Tommy died of AIDS, and they returned to Edinburg to attend the funeral. Bergbie got a 4000-pound heroin from a Russian, then went to London with Mark and others, including Daniel, who had been released from prison, t

20、o sell at 16000 pounds and make one bucks. That night, Mark took all the money when others were sleeping, and prepared to go abroad to start his new life, but he left Daniels part in his suitcase. Trainspotting is a game where idle people spend their time in the place where the train passes, improvi

21、sing bets about the time and destination of the next train. These teenagers are conscientious, but they stoop. In the novel, taking drugs as an alternative choice becomes the life style of the characters, and drugs makes them addicted and painful. Scotland, Scotland, this is the ugliest place in the

22、 world, said Marks companion. They can not find their position in the community. , the image of guessing train was not repeatedly emphasized in the novel until the penultimate fragment of the novel Returned to the village and was only mentioned by a drunkard, but its symbolic meaning ran through the

23、 book. Trainspotting is a personal activity that doesnt require group strength, here we can use the explanation of the meaning of the Chinese translation in the footnote: One is to pass the time of the game, in the station to see the fleeting train, note the number of carriages, who remember the mor

24、e, the better. In addition, because the long-term drug use blood vessels and mottled like a railroad, looking the blood vessels to find the place to inject, also known as the Trainspotting. The author takes Trainspotting as the name, and this game also shows their decadent and idleness. The protagon

25、ist of the story, Reton, is such an addict, he and his buddies gathered to take drugs. But I saw that mark was different from these people when they saw that Tommy was sad because he broke up with his girlfriend, when they went to pursue nature, and even if he was stuck in drugs, he wanted to pursue

26、 a new life. Mark vented his discontent by indulging himself with the drugs, he constantly challenged and rammed the rules of society, but eventually Mark chose to reconcile and integrate with society. 1.3 Main content and ObjectiveThis paper mainly expounds the present research situation of youth s

27、ubculture in Trainspotting at home and abroad. It shows identity dilemma in youth sub-culture. Youth subculture is a revolt against mainstream culture, which has features of marginality and subversion. Young people in this culture always possess an identity dilemma. Trainspotting gives a relatively-

28、real portrait of young people living in youth sub-culture and provides an accurate account of identity dilemma existing among them. This paper aims to show the identity dilemma in the novel, and found why the dilemma exists. There are a lot of difficulties of media literacy education in the context

29、of youth subculture; the key spot is the transformation of cultural identity. Young people in this culture always possess an identity confusion. I summarized the characteristics and causes of youth subculture through analyzingthetextofthelanguagedescription,behavioraldescriptionoftheprotagonistident

30、ity dilemma in novel. The reason I chose this topic is that the high speed of development of society makes more and more teenagers lost themselves. As a result, I want to find why people lost in subculture and where the subculture comes from.1.4 Theoretical FoundationsThere is no wonder that everyon

31、e in the society belongs to many different groups, such as class, school, community, country and so on, which are different in size, structure and level. The essence of socialization is to achieve individuality and establish a sense of connection with others. People meet the needs of belonging by es

32、tablishing a social self-based on classification. Therefore, in the process of socialization, in addition to seeking their own differences, the establishment of a unique feeling, people also want to establish a sense of belonging with others similar to themselves in need. Lack of contact with others leads to the exclusion of individuals, and the inability to integrate into the mainstream society and have to drift away from the edge of their own living system. When the inner group lacks the positive characteristic, the member can be driven or psychologi