新现实主义小说与《局外人》

《局外人》这部新现实主义小说描写了白人少年之间的阶级冲突和歧视,讲述了一群处在社会底层的白人穷孩子辛酸痛苦的成长经历。他们会抽烟喝酒,会打架闹事,但是作者辛顿没有忽略他们作为孩子的天性和本能,他们冷酷的外表下依然有着孩童的纯洁和天真,有着对美好事物的憧憬。面对社会的排挤和不公,他们分别用自己的方式执著地追求着心中向往的美好,却不知美好已然幻灭,梦想只是一个乌托邦。

New Realistic Novels and the Outsiders

The Outsiders,Hinton＇s new realistic novel,describes the class conflict and prejudice among the white young adults,and tells a painful growing-up story about a group of poor white children from the bottom of society.They smoke,drink and scuffle.However,Hinton didn＇t neglect their nature and instinct.They appear cool but are inwardly full of purity and innocence.They still long for beauty.Faced with social exclusion and injustice,they use their own ways to pursue the beauty in their hearts without realizing that it is a mere utopia.