Topic Discussion:Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.Briefly discuss the term “The Lost Generation” and name the leading figures of this literary movement (Give at least three).
Topic Discussion:Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.Briefly discuss the term “The Lost Generation” and name the leading figures of this literary movement (Give at least three).
【正确答案】:

A. THE TERM "THE LOST GENERATION" WAS FIRST USED BY GERTRUDE STEIN, AND THEN WAS QUOTED BY HEMINGWAY IN HIS NOVEL THE SUN ALSO RISES. STEIN WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF A GROUP OF AMERICAN EXPATRIATES LIVING IN PARIS. THEY WERE CAUGHT IN WWI, DISILLUSIONED AND DISGUSTED. THEY BEGAN TO WRITE FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR. THEY EXPERIMENTED ON NEW MODES OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION.
B. THE TERM MEANS THIS GENERATION HAD LOST THE BEAUTIFUL SENSE OF THE PAST, REJECTING THE FORMER IDEALS AND VALUES. THEY WERE LOST IN DISILLUSIONMENT AND SPIRITUAL VOID.
C. BESIDES GERTRUDE STEIN AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY, THE IMPORTANT FIGURES OF THIS MOVEMENT WERE EZRA POUND, E.E. CUMMINGS, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, ROBERT FROST, ETC.  


【题目解析】:本题考查的是美国文学“迷惘的一代”的含义及其代表人物。A. “迷惘的一代”一词最早由格特鲁德·斯坦使用,后来被海明威在他的小说《太阳照常升起》中引用。斯坦是一个居住在巴黎的美国侨民团体的领导人之一。他们被卷入一战,大失所望,感到厌恶。他们开始根据自己在战争中的经历写作。他们尝试新的思维和表达方式。B. 这个词的意思是这一代人已经失去了对过去的美好感觉,拒绝了以前的理想和价值观。他们在幻灭和精神空虚中迷失了。C. 除了格特鲁德·斯坦和欧内斯特·海明威,这场运动的重要人物还有埃兹拉·庞德、E.E.肯明斯、弗朗西斯·斯科特·基·菲茨杰拉德、罗伯特·弗罗斯特等。
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