英语本科毕业论文中国80后与美国迷惘一代的比较.docx

1、英语本科毕业论文中国80后与美国迷惘一代的比较 中国80后与美国迷惘一代的比较 The Comparison Between the “Generation of 1980s” and the “Lost Generation” Feng Fei Under the Supervision of Li LiqinSchool of Foreign Languages and CulturesPanzhihua UniversityMay 2007ContentsAbstract.IKey words.I摘要.II关键词.IIIntroduction.1I. The Characteristic

2、s of the Two Generations2A. The “Lost Generation” .2 B. The “Generation of 1980s” . .2. Social Background of the Two Generations.3 A. The United States in 1920s.3B. China in the Turn of the New Century4. The Influence of the Economic Transformation.5A. The Influence on “lost generation”.61. The suff

3、ering of the War.62. The Diminish of the Traditional Values and the Worship for Money.6B. The Indulgence in the Materialistic Enjoyment.7 1. The Diminished Influence of the Confucianism.72. The Impact from the West.8IV. The Influence of the Different Political System.9A. The Losing Trust for the Gov

4、ernment.9 B. The Indifference to Politics.10V. The Different Performance.11A. The Resort to the Literature.11B. More Indulgence in the Materialism.12Conclusion.13Acknowledgements.15Bibliography.16 AbstractThis paper analyzes the “spiritually lost” of the Chinese youth (the generation of the 1980s) a

5、nd the “lost generation” in the U.S. And also it explores their spiritual performance when they face the transformation of the society. Through the way of comparing the United States economic conditions, political policies and culture in the period of 1920-1930 with that of China in the period after

6、 the year of 1980, this paper analyses the reason behind the spiritually lost. And it also probes the difference of their “spiritually lost” as well as the way the two generations adopted to step out of the “spiritual lost” when they face it. At last the writer proposes that the generation of the 19

7、80s should find the way, which could help them step out the spiritual dilemma, in the Chinese cultural origins. Key WordsThe generation of 1980s; the lost generation; social transformation; spiritual lost摘 要 本文分析比较了中国青年 一代（80后）和美国迷惘一代在遭遇社会变革时的精神上的迷惘及其迷惘的表现. 文章通过对美国20世纪二，三十年代与中国20世纪80年代以来的社会政治、经济、和文化

8、状况的阐述，分析了这种迷惘背后的原因，揭示了二者迷惘的差异.同时还探索了二者在步出这种迷惘时所采取的措施.最后作者提出中国的80后需要从中国的传统文化中找到步出迷惘的途径.关键词80后,迷惘一代,社会变革,精神迷惘 Introduction After 1990s, every aspect of peoples life has been changed. With an unexceptional pace, cities extended their territories and the market stretched its influence to every corner of

9、 the society. Packs of crowded skyscrapers, flows of mobilized people and expressways totally overturned peoples view toward moral principle and rational thinking. An industrial rudimentary began to take form in China. All the ideas and relations shared before no longer exist. There is a group of pe

10、ople, who was born in the 1980s and most group members are young writers. They wrote out their experiences toward the society, and this group is being regarded as the “lost generation” of China. Even some people equate the generation of “the 1980s” with the “lost generation” of America. Actually, pe

11、ople could easily find out that there are some shadows of the youth of America in 1920s-1930s on them. Both generations enjoyed great many similarities, such as, revolting against traditional forms, indulging in the materialistic enjoyment and unable to stop it, hating the industrial world leading a

12、 Bohemian life. Also both generations faced the same problem brought by the social transformation, and some scholars believed that they are spiritually bankrupted. Despite all of the seemingly similarities shared by the two generations, they are two different groups of people who lived in different

13、times and different countries also the cultural origins and the social background they faced are not the same, but scholars of China seldom analyzes the different historical origins, explores their different performance in spiritual field and their reaction towards the social transformation. Some re

14、searchers studied the two respectively by putting the two in their own social background, and neglected comparing the two. On this basis, starting with comparing the two generations living environment, say, the two countries economic conditions and political system, this paper devoted to make a deta

15、iled analysis between the two, in the hope of this could enlighten the mind of the young generation and guide them spiritually. . The Characteristics of the Two GenerationsA. The “Lost Generation” “Gertrude Stein described intellectuals of the 1920s as a “lost generation”. Writers like Ernest Heming

16、way and John Dos Passos wrote out their World War I experiences and expressed cynicism about societys goals and purposes” (Faracher, Jo. Buhle,2000 30).Scott Fitzgerald likewise questioned the crass materialism of the opulent rich. H.L Mencken mocked the values of small town in America, themes echoe

17、d in the writings of Sinclair Lewis. Eugene ONeills plays depicted the darker side of family life and explored racism. T. S. Eliots the waste land use the metaphor impotence to comment on the postwar world. A group of southern writers known as Fugitives attacked industrialism and regarded traditiona

18、l southern society as an alternative to crass materialism. As it stated above, the lost generation of the United States mainly refers to the expatriates writers, and many of the expatriate war writers were born in the end of the 19th century. In the 1920s, they created a new form of literature works

19、, which criticized the industrialized world, and they tried to take the flags to create a world, which emphasized on reestablishing the moral rules by adopting the way of criticize the new forms of the industrialized world. Most of the members are stepped from the battlefield, in which they witnesse

20、d the cruelty of the World War I, they are nostalgic to the old happy times, and most of them lived in a small town of Paris, and lead a Bohemian life. Alienation toward the society fulfilled in the mind. At one side they disdained the new industrial civilization but at the same time they crazily ch

21、erished the materialistic enjoyment. Although the government prohibit alcohol drink, but they went to the bar enjoyed every thrill of drinking and also they tried fashionable experimentation of love affairs. This generation is a combination of a rational mind and a crazy action. B. The Generation of

22、 “1980s”.According to RenLanlan, “the the generation of 1980sof china refers to the group of people (especially the young writers) who was born in China between 1980 and 1990 after China adopt free-market economic policy, and open her door to the outside world, at the turn of the new century, they p

23、ublished books which expressed their dissatisfaction toward the world.”(Ren Lanlan, 2006 38) Some years ago, Han Han HeiKe ManZhou and rock singer Li Yang were regarded as the spokesman of this generation by Times. Too much has been commented upon the young generation of China. They are being regard

24、ed as self-centered, greedy, desperate, materialistic, and loves no one but themselves. This is a bewitched generation, they worship wealth very much, all of them dreamed to become a millionaire at the age of 30; this is a bewildered generation, they dont know who they are, and who he will be? They

25、loved self-performance very much, and always stand at the front stage of the fashion show. The relationship between them and the traditional world had been cut off by the social transformation and they stick to the traditional virtues no more. . Social Background of the Two GenerationsA. The United

26、States in 1920s The economy of United States underwent a transformation during the 1880s-1920s, the Second Industrial Revolution took place during this period. The society realized its transformation from the agricultural society to the industrial society. Driven by electricity and automated machine

27、ry, the whole society concentrated on producing consumer goods, the American economy got rapidly developed. The Civil War helped to pave the way for the Industrial mass produce. The economic structure of American was no longer being dominated by the agriculture, which symbolized by the far extended

28、farms, and small manors have been taken placed by the roaring engine. Abundance of new commodities has been brought to the world. Secondly, free-market economy began to take its forms, which stimulate the exchange of the commodities. People almost could buy everything at the nearby super market. The

29、 market regulates itself according to the relationship of supply and needs, and government takes few hands to the economy affairs. After the World War I, the “lost generation” was dawning on a glorious future; the prosperity of the 1920s was a harbinger of a new era of plenty, in which all Americans

30、 could reasonably look forward to the share of an apparently endlessly expanding American pie. At the same time the economy boom brought the affluent commodities, the transformation of the society brought new problems. As the world entered into the 20th century, the first single event of any significance it witnessed was a global disaster for mankind World War I. It took place from Europe and was fought principally on that continent but eventually involved all the continents of the world. Americ