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云南大学外国语学院2012级英专TheLibidofortheUgly——————HenryL.Mencken*Author1880--1956)-Themostprominentnewspaperman;-Apoliticalcommentator-BookreviewerThebadboyfromBaltimore”,renownedforhistough,cynicalstyleandwit;—EditorofTheSmartSet(时髦者)andTheAmericanMercury(美国火星)*Mencken’squotationAcynicisamanwho,whenhesmellsaflower,looksaroundforacoffin.(Acynicisapersonwhobelievesthatallmenareselfish.Heseeslittleornogoodinanythingandshowsthisbymakingunkindandunfairremarksaboutpeopleandthings.)好冷嘲人生者,是个当他闻到花香之时就会四处寻找棺材的人。*Mencken’Creed:Ibelievethatreligion,generallyspeaking,hasbeenacursetomankind—thatitsmodestandgreatlyoverestimatedserviceontheethicalsidehavebeenmorethanovercamebythedamageithasdonetoclearandhonestthinking.*HejeeredatAmericansham(伪装),pretension,provincialism,andprudery(假正经的行为),andheridiculedthenation’sorganizedreligion,businessandmiddleclass.Writingstyle1.Apieceofsubjective,impressionisticoremotionaldescriptionHischoiceofwords:1.usedifferentwordstodescribethesameimageEg:grime,soot,fifthdirt.(todescribedirt)2.Emphaticwords:Eg:allevery,oneandall,notasingle,notone,withoutbreak,unbroken,themost,mere,downright.2.BombasticstyleandacidtongueUsefiguresofspeech:--hyperbole--metaphor--simile--over-rhetorical--sarcasm--ridiculeandirony3.Excessiveuseofstronglanguage,wordsborderingupontheabusiveadj:hideous,abominablenouns:abomination,horrors,monstrousness.adv+adj:dreadfullyhideous;intolerablebleak-ing+n.:revoltingmonstrousness.4.Useofimagesofdiseases:leprosy,eczemas,uremiatocreatetheimpressionofUS.beingverysickeczematous(湿疹一样的)uremic(尿毒症的)malarious(疟疾的)Thetitle“thelibidofortheugly”isveryarresting.whydoestheauthoruse“libido”ratherthan“desire”inthetitle?Whytouse“thelibido”,butnot“thelove”?Whytouse“theugly”,butnot“forthebeautiful”?1.(originatingfromLatin)thesexualurgeorinstinct.2.(psychoanalysis)emotionalenergy;apsychoanalytictermdescribingpsychicenergygenerally;orspecificallybasicformofpsychicenergy,comprisingthepositive,lovinginstinctsmanifestedvariouslyatdifferentstagesofpersonalitydevelopment.力比多(心理学),精神能量的一种基本形式,包括积极的爱的本能,并在性格发展的不同阶段中表现出来。Hewantstodemonstratethatwhathedescribeshaspsychologicalandscientificfoundation.Usually,peoplelovethingsbeautiful,butagroupofpeopleintheUSlovethingsuglyforitsownsakeByusing“thelibido”thatusuallyusedinpsychoanalysisisadeviation,”fortheugly”isusedoutofthesamepurpose.Theytwocombines,“thelibidofortheugly”,violatinglinguisticnorms.Thecontrastissointensethatcatchesthereaders’attention.Apeculiarwritingskill;outlineanimageofpathologicaleccentricity(病态怪癖),verythought-provoking.
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