思想自由的知识分子在本质上是焦虑的。由于索尔·贝娄非常复杂的文化身份;由于文化、信仰、财富的发展不平衡性,焦虑情绪在索尔·贝娄小说中尤为突出。贝娄笔下的人物觉知到物质世界挤压着其精神空间,焦虑便自然而生。焦虑凝聚着对人性的追问、对生活的思考和对生命的敬畏,经过焦虑的内心煎熬,实现对现实的妥协和自我感觉中的道德完善而得到解脱。 Intellectuals who are free to think are intrinsically anxious. Due to the very complicated cultural identity of Saul Bellow, anxiety is particularly prominent in the novel of Saul Bellow due to the unbalanced development of culture, belief and wealth. Bellow’s characters, aware of the material world squeezing its spiritual space, naturally emerge from anxiety. Anxiety condenses interrogation of human nature, thinking about life and awe of life, and frees itself through the torment of anxiety, the compromise of reality and the moral perfection of self-perception.