Abstract:

Five novels by the famous contemporary American female writer, Joyce Carol Oates, including Black Water, Blonde, Zombie, My Sister, My Love, and The Falls, are drawn directly from and are based on five major events in American society, namely the Kennedy-Chappaquiddick scandal, the mysterious death of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe, the case of the Milwaukee cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, the murder of the American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, and the “Love Canal” pollution case. Adopting the perspectives of literary sociology and literary psychology, this paper attempts to analyze how Oates transforms these social events into literary works of universal significance, to explore the connection and tension between Oates’s novels and American social history, to analyze the strong realistic concern and critical spirit reflected in her novels, and to investigate the author’s profound insights into and observations of human nature.

Keywords: Oates’s fiction; American society; realistic concern; exploration of humanity; views of literature

摘要：

美国当代著名女作家乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨的《黑水》《浮生如梦——玛丽莲·梦露文学写真》《僵尸》《我的妹妹，我的爱：史盖乐·蓝派克秘史》《大瀑布》等5部小说直接取材于美国社会重大事件：肯尼迪—查帕奎迪克丑闻、好莱坞女星玛丽莲·梦露神秘死亡案、密尔沃基食人魔杰夫里·达默案、“美国小皇后”琼贝妮特·拉姆齐被杀悬案和纽约州“爱的运河”污染案。基于文学社会学和文学心理学的视角，本文试图分析欧茨如何把单独的社会事件转化为具有普遍意义的文学作品，探究欧茨小说与美国社会历史之间的关联和张力，解读欧茨小说体现出来的强烈现实关怀和批判精神，以及欧茨对人性的深刻洞察与警觉。

关键词: 欧茨小说, 美国社会, 现实关怀, 人性探索, 文学观