CAJ | 학술논문

索尔·贝娄，诺贝尔文学奖获得者，被公认为战后美国最杰出的小说家，一向以描写男性犹太知识分子而闻名。《院长的十二月》是其在写作生涯中期创作的一部作品，此小说被很多批评家认为是一部失败之作。贝娄的这部作品尽管存在诸多争议，但仍有许多题材值得挖掘。比如作品的“荒诞”主题，就颇有研究价值。贝娄通过小说的“荒诞”主题，形象地揭露了当代美国社会文明与道德的虚幻和荒谬，同时也反映了作者本人自觉的反思精神和高尚的人文情怀。
색이·패루，낙패이문학장획득자，피공인위전후미국최걸출적소설가，일향이묘사남성유태지식분자이문명。《원장적십이월》시기재사작생애중기창작적일부작품，차소설피흔다비평가인위시일부실패지작。패루적저부작품진관존재제다쟁의，단잉유허다제재치득알굴。비여작품적“황탄”주제，취파유연구개치。패루통과소설적“황탄”주제，형상지게로료당대미국사회문명여도덕적허환화황류，동시야반영료작자본인자각적반사정신화고상적인문정부。
Saul Bellow,the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature,is recognized as the most outstand-ing novelists in postwar America,has always been famous for describing male Jewish intellectuals."The Dean's December",a creation in his mid career,is considered by many critics as a flop.In spite of the many disputes on this novel,there are still many subj ects worth mining.This article mainly starts from the main characters of the novel,the plot and the psychological analysis,focusing on the analysis of the"absurdity"theme of this work,trying to grasp bellow's philosophical interpretation on the theme.The author argues that,through the"absurdity"theme in the novel,Bellow reveals the illusion and absurdity of contempora-ry American social civilization and morality,which reflects the author's retrospection spirit and noble hu-manistic feelings.