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1、DavidLodgeandtheNovelistsoftheFifties:ExperimentalTraditionalismMerrittMoseleyUniversityofNorthCarolina-AshevilleDavidLodgeisbestknownintheUnitedStatesforhiscomicandmetafictionalbooks,andespeciallyforSmallWorldandChangingPlaces.Inthesenovels,bothstudiesoftheacad
2、emiclife(Isaystudiesratherthansatires,thoughtheyfindmuchtoridicule,becausehisattitudetowardacademiaismoremixedthan"satire"suggests),hisrelationshiptohisliterarytraditionisanoddmixtureofskepticismandreverence;aparadoxicalactofpayinghomagewhilemakingfun.Thesameatt
3、itudemaybefoundinhisrecentnovelNiceWork,whichhasreceivedextraordinaryreviewshere:itparodiesthe"ConditionofEngland"novel,whilebeingone.(ImightaddthatDavidLodge'scriticismalsofeaturesarefusaltochoosebetweenapparentlycontradictorypositions--realismandmetafiction,fo
4、rinstance.Hepositsa"NovelistattheCrossroads,"butdeclinestohavehimchooseonepathoranother).Lodge'snovelseasilydividethemselvesintotwogroups.ThewatershedbookisTheBritishMuseumisFallingDown,publishedin1965.AfterthatwegetChangingPlaces,SmallWorld,NiceWork--allmoreorl
5、essmetafictionalandmoreorlesscomicnovelsofacademiclifewithpunchyplurisignificanttitles--andanoveltoomuchoverlookedinthiscountry,HowFarCanYouGo?orSoulsandBodies.1wanttofocusontheearliergrouptoday.TheyareThePicturegoers(1960),Ginger,You'reBarmy(1962),andOutoftheSh
6、elter(1970,butwrittenmuchearlier).Ofthesehisfirstnovel,ThePicturegoers,isthemostinterestingcase.1wanttodemonstratethatinthenovelsoftheearly19605Lodge'sattitudetohisliterarypredecessorsismuchlessself-conscious,lessplayful,thanthatwhichwefindinthelaterbooks,butsti
7、llcomplex.ThePicturegoersprovidestheclearestexampleofthiscomplexheritage,inthiscasespecificallyaheritagefromthe'writersoftheFifties,immediatepredecessorslikeJohnOsborneandJohnWainandespeciallyKingsleyAmis.ButLodgeisalsodevotedtothegreatmodernists,especiallyJoyce
8、.Howhereconciledtheseallegiancestopolartraditions,orhowheusedthemwithoutreconciliation,shedssomelightonthepluralismofhislaterfictionsandhiscriticalthinkingaswell.Lodg
