在美国历史上,六十年代被称作“道德沉沦”的年代,被认为是二十世纪最失控、最大胆、最狂妄、最不羁的年代,避孕丸、超短裙和性解放正是在那个时代出现的。而同时黑人民权运动、反战、校园言论自由也在那个时代交叉上演。应该说,不管那个时代曾如何地光怪陆离、惊世骇俗,不管这代人成熟后对自己的过去做了怎样的反思和忏悔,这段历史已经在美国文化中打下了深深的烙印。要了解当代美国文化,就不能不熟悉这个动荡的年代。 托马斯·品钦的《V.》就是一部表现美 In the history of the United States, the era known as “moral degradation” in the 1960s is considered to be the most uncontrollable, daring, arrogant and unruly age of the twentieth century. It was during that era that contraceptive pills, miniskirts and sexual liberation appeared. At the same time black civil rights movement, anti-war, freedom of speech on campus also staged in that era. It should be said that no matter how bizarre and shocking the world was in that era, no matter how contemporaneous and repentance this past generation made after its generation, the history has been deeply imprinted on American culture. To understand contemporary American culture, you must not be familiar with this turbulent era. Thomas Pynchon’s “V.” is a show of beauty