摘 要美国后现代作家唐•德里罗的小说《白噪音》艺术地再现了上世纪80年代初后现代美国社会中人的生存状态。在这部小说中用“复印”的手法，映射了美国当代社会的各种繁杂景象，所有这些都让我们看到了生活在后现代的美国人正遭遇着来自肉体和精神上的“癌变”，再现了后工业时代的美国社会。本论文主要从以下四部分分析这本小说所体现的后现代主义特点。第一个部分包括对《白噪音》这部小说的介绍以及小说的主题介绍等。第二个部分主要分析的是《白噪音》中的人物对死亡恐惧做出的种种滑稽而又怪诞的反抗。第三个部分分析的是主人公产生死亡恐俱的原因，其中包括消费文化、大众传媒以及信念的缺失。最后一个部分是本文的结语，人们企图借助大众传媒、消费主义和宗教暂时缓冲对死亡的恐惧感，遭遇的却是真实自我的沦丧和精神的空虚，这些都加剧了后现代美国社会人们对死亡的恐惧，他们无力对抗当代社会中的混乱和荒诞，最终只有迷失其中。24858
毕业论文关键词：《白噪音》；死亡恐惧;信念缺失;大众传媒
Abstract White Noise, by American postmodern novelist, Don Delillo, artistically presents the lives of characters in early 1980s postmodern America. This novel uses a “copy” skill, reflecting the complicated scene in contemporary American society, all of which allow us to see life in the postmodern Americans suffering from both physical and spiritual “cancer”. These reproduce the post industrial era American society. This paper mainly analyses the novel reflecting postmodernism characteristics from four parts. First part is the introduction of the novel White Noise, and the theme in the novel; the second part focuses on fear of death of three members of the family and their funny rebellion against the fear; the third part deals with the reasons for the characters’ fear of death reflected in White Noise including consumer culture, mass media and the loss of faith; the last part is conclusion. People who try to use consumerism, mass media and religion as temporary buffers towards the fear of death encounter the spiritual emptiness and loss of true self. These all exacerbate people’s anxiety of fear of death in postmodern American society. They are unable to fight against chaos and absurdity in contemporary society, ultimately only lost in it.
Key words: White Noise; fear of death; the loss of faith; mass media
An Analysis of Postmodernism Characteristics in White Noise
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
I. Introduction 1
II. The Fear of Death in White Noise 3
2.1 Jack’s Spirit Performance and Rebellion 4
2.2 Barbette’s and Wilder’s Spirit Performance and Rebellion 6
III. Reasons for the Fear of Death in White Noise 8
3.1 Consumer Culture 8
3.2 Mass Media 9
3.3 The Lack of Faith 11
IV. Conclusion 12
Bibliography 14
Acknowledgements 15
I. Introduction
Don DeLillo is one of the leading figures of postmodernism literary not only in contemporary America, but also around the world(360). After his publication of his eighth novel White Noise, Don Delillo has become more and more popular, widening his audience and earning his place among the academic circles. He tries to focus on an ordinary American family in White Noise, especially through the character Jack Gladney, and attempts to probe people’s state of mind in the postmodern American society.
Since its publication, White Noise has drawn great critical attention. Large numbers of researches have been done both at home and abroad in the past few decades. 浅析《白噪音》中后现代主义特点:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_18486.html