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辛克莱·刘易斯1922年发表的《巴比特》,反映了20世纪20年代美国浮华经济下虚伪空洞的人性,被评为1930年诺贝尔文学奖的获奖作品。在《巴比特》中,刘易斯塑造了美国发达资本主义背景下,精神格外空虚的商人巴比特的形象,这个形象是如此鲜明,以至于“巴比特”已经成为追逐经济利益、精神萎缩空洞这一类人的代名词。刘易斯从巴比特的精神世界和所处的社会背景两个方面,精心雕饰出巴比特这样一个单向度追求经济利益的资本家形象。
The “Babbitt,” published by Sinclair Lewis in 1922, reflects the hypocritical humanity of the American flashy economy in the 1920s and was named the winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. In “Babbitt,” Lewis shaped the image of Babbitt, a businessman with a particularly empty spirit in the context of the developed capitalism in the United States. This image is so striking that “Babbitt” has become chased by economic interests and has lost its atrophy Synonymous with this type of person. From the spiritual world of Babbitt and his social background, Lewis carved out a capitalist image such as Babbitt that pursued economic interests in a one-way manner.