Title: Despairing Voice——An Analysis of Pessimism in Dreiser's Novels
Abstract: Dreiser's novels reveal a stream of pessimistic emotion. This author analyses some of his novels,and points out his pessimism as fol-lows:playing up the chickenshitness and lowliness of human;denying the value,meaning and purpose of life;revealing a strong fatalism;and narrating a lot of tragic love. As a result,his pessimism is thorough and despairing. The pessimism of Dreiser is not separated from his own experience, pessimistic philosophy and the breaking of American Dream .
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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