《小世界》:学术界丑陋的闹剧戴维·洛奇,英国当代著名的小说家、文学评论家,曾在伯明翰大学执教近30年。这种学者兼专业作家的特殊身份,使他能够从“局内人”的角度观察学院体制内同事的真实状况,从而用幽默诙谐的笔触为我们展现一幅幅令人捧腹的高校学者们的学术生活图景。《小世界》是洛奇的代表作,曾获英国文学最高奖布克奖的提名。作者以神话结构作为其故事的基础,将学界的传奇故事——一批活跃于国际学术圈中 “Little World”: ugly farce academy David Lodge, contemporary British novelist and literary critic, who spent nearly 30 years at the University of Birmingham. The special status of this kind of scholar and professional writer enables him to observe the real situation of colleagues in the college system from the perspective of “insider ” so as to show us a hilarious scholar of higher learning with humorous brushwork Academic life picture. “Little World” is Rocky’s masterpiece, has won the highest award of British Literature Booker nomination. The author uses the structure of mythology as the basis of his story, the legend of the academic community - a group of active in the international academic circles