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《嘉莉妹妹》是美国现代小说先驱西奥多·德莱塞的处女作。被称为20世纪美国城市小说开拓者的西奥多·德莱寒十分善于运用精彩的细节描写来展现故事的社会背景。在《嘉莉妹妹》中,西奥多·德莱塞便通过对窗玻璃中镜像的细致描写生动地诠释了美国都市生活的两面性。一、“窗玻璃”中都市镜像的诱惑1.初到大都市。小说中首次提到窗玻璃是在嘉莉乘坐火车去芝加哥的路上——“她把目光转向窗外,看着绿色的田野飞快地向后退去,随后她的思路变得活跃了一些,开始模模糊糊地想象芝加哥的生活会是什么样子的。”孤
Sister Carrie is the debut of Theodore Dreiser, the pioneer of modern American novels. Theodore Delaney, known as a pioneer of American urban fiction in the twentieth century, was adept at using the colorfully detailed descriptions to show the social context of the story. In Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser vividly expresses the duality of urban life in the United States through a detailed depiction of the mirror in the windowpane. First, “window glass ” in the temptation to mirror the city 1. First arrived in the metropolis. The novel mentions for the first time that the windowpane was on Carrie’s way to Chicago by train- “She turned her gaze out of the window and watched the green field fly backwards quickly, and later her thoughts became more active, Vaguely imagine what Chicago’s life would look like. ”