Dreiser's Novel Creation And First Half Of 20th Century US'S Consumption Culture

In the last 19th century and the early 20th century,American society gradually by production configuration to expense transformation.In this society,the expense behavior strongly turns into one kind of mark:The people purchase the commodity not merely pay great attention to its use value,satisfies to its actual use function,what but are more is treats as the purchase commodity demonstrated its status the mar regards. Expense commodity up scalier, spend money more, his social position is higher,otherwise then instead.This kind of consumable not only refers to the real goods,but also includes the art ware,even woman and so on these upscale consumables.Therefore,expends in the daily life the status suddenly reveals day by day,showing off expense into society fashion.In this time, Theodore Dreiser receives the time wind period of five days,grows by a family background poor youth into"the modern writer of fiction great master". As a result of young people time impoverished bitter experience,when reporter what one sees and hears life reality, when university contacts Spenser,Darwin,Huxley's work,causes him not to fill"the bold Well's -like mild-mannered and cultivated attitude"which was in vogue at that time in the American literary arena,really reflected the life the dark side,became diligently developed the new literary style" character.Therefore his novel"has manifested that time completely unique theme,changed the completely transformation reality which the majority American lives".But the present academic circles limits much to the subject of the lost of"American dream"and Dreiser's research to the naturalism and his creative idea pessimism,moreover also are many is to its single work commentary.In view of the fact that Dreiser creates distinct and the present research present situation,my paper selected the expense culture angle of view to discuss Dreiser's novel.Introduction of papers reviewed the history of Dreiser's study, and a brief summary of the selection of subjects for papers.In Part I, it briefly introduced the definition of the concept of consumption culture, and to clarify the relationship between consumption culture and consumption .The second part of the papers analyzed the consumption ideology's impact on Dreiser.Since the influence of the era to Dreiser who was born...