Catcher in the Rye 英文介绍 PPT.ppt

* Catcher in the Rye Background Social Background Literary Background Politics Economy Education Social Background After the second world war, the United States government has pursued the Truman doctrine and McCarthyism, the implementation of the cold war policy, containment of communism, and the nightmare of a nuclear war filled the hearts of every person; Politics Domestic suppression of progressive forces, rampant spread of political persecution, thought controlled in the spirit of alienation, the lack of freedom under authoritarian, and the repressing from the social conservative , the traditional code of ethics to obliterate humanity, serious racial discrimination, class contradiction, insufficient civil rights… the enormous pressure of a heavy burden was on the heart to the people and their spirit. Politics Economy The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951. After the Second World War soon, people are still shrouded in the shadow of the horrors of war, and the future road is full of confusion and doubt. The United States began a large economic development using of the huge capital accumulation of wealth in the two world wars. People’s material life level got improvement and the middle class surges in number. the protagonist Holten was born in the middle class. However, material wealth does not bring spiritual enrichment, the gap between rich and poor widening, the spiritual life of the general public is increasingly scarce and empty. Economy Education the United States put the emphasis on the development of the economic, military and technological education, ignoring the soul and personality development. People lived with fear, confusion, doubt, dissatisfaction and even self-deception.Therefore, some contemporary American historians of the 1950s in the United States called this time the “silence of the fifties” （静寂的五十年代 ）or “cowardly fifties”（怯懦的五十年代 ）. Literary Background Cultural field in this atmosphere also directly affected, ficti