摘要
Abstract:ThispaperfocusesontwoaspectsofromanticideasinAmericannovelistSaulBellow’snovelHendersontheRainKing,tryingtofigureouthowtheauthorexpresseshisromanticisminthenovelsothatwecangainbetterinsightintoit.Keywords:romanticideasspiritualsalvationpursuitprimitiveland一、RomanticismThetermreferstotheliteraryandartisticmovementsofthelate18thandearly19thcentury.TheRomanticMovementtypicallyassertstheuniquenatureoftheindividual,theprivilegedstatusofimaginationandfancy,thevalueofspontaneityover“artifice”and“convention,”thehumanneedforemotionaloutlets,therejectionofindustrialsociety,corruption,andadesiretoreturntonaturalprimitivismandanescapefromthespiritualdestructionofurbanlife.TheirwritingsareoftensetinruralorGothicsettingsandtheyshowanobsessiveconcernwith“innocent”characters---children,youngloversandanimals.ThispaperisintendedtoprobeintotheromanticideasinHendersontheRainKingtorevealhowhediscoveredhowprimitiveAfricaturnedhimintoahappymanaswellasthementioningofthechildrenandtheanimalsthatareoftenincludedinRomanticworks……
出版日期
2011年07月16日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
