世界名著赏析五十一BraveNew
BraveNewWorld
NO.1BriefIntroduction
Theyearofisanewworldwithhighlydevelopedscienceandtechnology.Thereisnoworryofmaterialshortage,noworryofaginganddecadence,notirednessoftediouswork,nopressureofnurturing,norestrictionofmarriageandsexualmorality,norestrictionofdrugabuseandnosuffocationofpoliticalpressure...Itislikethe"paradise"and"Utopia"thathumanbeingshavebeenyearningforandlongingfor.However,inthis"beautifulnewworld",peoplehavelosttheirpersonalfeelings-"mom"and"dad"arehumiliatingwords,lovehasbeenlost-sexhasreplacedlove.Pain,passionandthefeelingofexperiencingdangerhavebeenlost-1gramSaussureacanbringthemhappiness.Whatsworseisthatpeoplehavelosttherighttothinkandtheabilitytocreate...Past,presentandfuture,Allhumanworriesaboutthemselvesandtheirfuture.
公元年是个科技高度发达的新世界:没有物质匮乏之忧虑,没有衰老颓废之烦恼,没有工作繁琐之厌倦,没有孕育抚养之压力,没有婚姻、性道德之约束,没有药物滥用之限制,没有政治高压之窒息……俨然是人类一直以来无限向往和憧憬的“世外桃源”和“乌托邦”。然而,在这个“美丽新世界”里,人们失去了个人情感——爸爸妈妈是令人羞辱的词,失去了爱情——性代替了爱,失去了痛苦、激情和经历危险的感觉——1克索麻就能带来快乐,更可怕的是,人失去了思考的权利,失去了创造的能力……过去、现在、未来,人类关于自身和未来的所有忧思都蕴含其中。
NO.2TheAuthor
AldousLeonardHuxley,afamousBritishwriterandscholar,hehascreatedmorethan50novels,poems,philosophicalworksandtravelnotesinhislife,BraveNewWorldistherepresentativeofthenovel.HuxleywasborninthefamousHuxleyfamily.HisgrandfatheristheauthorofEvolutionandEthics,hisfatherisanEnglishnovelist,hisbrotherisafamouszoologist,andhisbrotherisaNobelPrizewinner.HestudiedatEtonandOxford.Whenhewasyoung,eyediseasealmostmadehimlosehiseyesight.AfterlearningBraille,hebegantowrite.Hewrotemanypopularnovelsandmadegreatachievementsintheacademicfield.Attheendofhislife,insomeacademiccircles,hewasregardedastheleaderofmodernthoughtandrankedamongtheoutstandingintellectualsatthattime.
阿道司·伦纳德·赫胥黎,英国著名作家、学者,一生创作了50多部小说、诗歌、哲学著作和游记,代表作为长篇小说《美丽新世界》。赫胥黎出生于大名鼎鼎的赫胥黎家族,祖父是《天演论》的作者,父亲是英国小说家,哥哥是著名动物学家,弟弟是诺贝尔奖得主。他先后就读于伊顿公学和牛津大学。青年时的一次眼疾几乎让他视力全失,在学习了盲文后,他开始写作,先后创作了许多脍炙人口的小说,并且在学术领域成绩斐然。在他人生的末期,在一些学术圈他被认为是现代思想的领导者,位列当时杰出的知识分子行列。
NO.3InfluenceoftheWork
Asoneofthemostclassicantiutopianliteratureinthe20thcentury,BraveNewWorld,NineteenEighty-FourandWeareknownasthe"antiUtopianTrilogy".Ithasstrongphilosophicalthinkingandpoliticalsignificance,andhasafar-reachingimpactontheliteraryandideologicalcirclesathomeandabroad.By,BraveNewWorldhadbeenpublished57editions,includingHarperedition,newHarperedition,BantameditionandBantamClassicEdition,withatotalof2.75millioncopies.
《美丽新世界》与《》、《我们》共同誉为“反乌托邦三部曲”,是20世纪最经典的反乌托邦文学之一,具有浓厚的哲学思辨和政治意义,在国内外的文学思想界都产生了深远的影响。截至年,《美丽新世界》已出了哈珀版、新哈珀版、矮脚鸡版、矮脚鸡经典版等57版,共万册。
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