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舍伍德·安德森的短篇小说《鸡蛋》通过展示一个美国中西部家庭悲惨而滑稽的生活处境,充分表现了“美国梦”的幻灭这一现实性主题。舍伍德·安德森是美国新的现实主义的创始人之一,作品大多植根于美国土壤,尤其擅长短篇小说。1921年出版的短篇小说集《鸡蛋的胜利及其它》是他的代表作之一,《鸡蛋》则是其中最为人称道的一篇。故事以阴郁的幽默笔调,透过一个孩子的懵懂的眼光向人们展示了美国中西部一个普通家庭的既悲惨又可笑的处境,深
Sherwood Anderson’s short story “The Egg” fully demonstrates the reality of disillusionment with “American Dream” by showing the tragic and funny life of a family in the Midwestern United States. Sherwood Anderson is one of the founders of the new realism in the United States. His works are mostly rooted in the soil of the United States and are especially good at short stories. One of his masterpieces, “The Egg of Victory and Others,” a short story collection published in 1921, is one of the most commendable. The story, gloomy and humorous, shows the tragic and ridiculous situation of an ordinary family in the Midwestern United States through the ignorant vision of a child.