社会拯救诉求与社会认知诉求的碰撞--近年来英美青少年恶托邦小说井喷现象评析

摘要

in the past decade,there appeared a fLood of dystopian noveLs catering to the youngsters in Britain and america,Leading to a dystopian boom in both writing and consuming. The dystopian writ-ing conveys writer’s appeaL to improve and rescue the society which is faced with a variety of dan-gers and crises,and young readers’acceptance of dystopian noveLs conveys their desire to know more about the society before entering the aduLt society. The dystopian boom in Britain and america is the resuLt of coLLision between the appeaL of writers and that of readers.%在21世纪最初的短短十多年时间里，英美国家出版了大量预示各种灾难的青少年小说，呈现出版和消费两旺的井喷势头。恶托邦书写传达着作家的社会拯救诉求，而青少年读者对这类作品的接受则反应了他们的社会认知诉求，近年来英美青少年恶托邦文学的井喷现象是作家和读者双方诉求交相碰撞的结果。