The Adventures of Augie March （2006） has been approached from various perspectives by critics since its publication. It has been studied from the point of view of culture, religion, history, modernism, postmodemism,...The Adventures of Augie March （2006） has been approached from various perspectives by critics since its publication. It has been studied from the point of view of culture, religion, history, modernism, postmodemism, and various schools of literary theories, while the use of parody in this novel was comparatively ignored. Through close reading of the novel, the present study finds that in one of his important novels, The Adventures of Augie March, by the use of parody of Augie＇s opposition to various influences with Jacob＇s fight with God, Saul Bellow successfully presents Augie as an image sticking stubbornly to ＂truth, love, peace, bounty, usefulness, harmony＂ and saying perpetually ＂no＂ to persuaders of all kinds of immoral influences, thus providing a more comprehensive reading of the novel.展开更多
The United States of America is uniquely a country of immigrants, a civilization made up of people whose culture origins are in other societies with their own languages, religious customs and fundamental values.This p...The United States of America is uniquely a country of immigrants, a civilization made up of people whose culture origins are in other societies with their own languages, religious customs and fundamental values.This paper will mainly discuss a great Jewish American writer- Saul Bellow focusing on his special ethnic background and analyze the cultural elements in his work The Adventure of Augie March from the perspectives of its main characters and cultural themes.展开更多
文摘The Adventures of Augie March （2006） has been approached from various perspectives by critics since its publication. It has been studied from the point of view of culture, religion, history, modernism, postmodemism, and various schools of literary theories, while the use of parody in this novel was comparatively ignored. Through close reading of the novel, the present study finds that in one of his important novels, The Adventures of Augie March, by the use of parody of Augie＇s opposition to various influences with Jacob＇s fight with God, Saul Bellow successfully presents Augie as an image sticking stubbornly to ＂truth, love, peace, bounty, usefulness, harmony＂ and saying perpetually ＂no＂ to persuaders of all kinds of immoral influences, thus providing a more comprehensive reading of the novel.
文摘The United States of America is uniquely a country of immigrants, a civilization made up of people whose culture origins are in other societies with their own languages, religious customs and fundamental values.This paper will mainly discuss a great Jewish American writer- Saul Bellow focusing on his special ethnic background and analyze the cultural elements in his work The Adventure of Augie March from the perspectives of its main characters and cultural themes.
