Contents
Abstract.................................................................I
Key words................................................................I
摘要.....................................................................II
關鍵詞...................................................................II
Introduction.............................................................1
I. The Characteristics of the Two Generations............................2
A. The “Lost Generation.................................................2
B. The “Generation of 1980s” ..........................................2
Ⅱ. Social Background of the Two Generations.............................3
A. The United States in 1920s..........................................3
B. China in the Turn of the New Century..................................4
Ⅲ. The Influence of the Economic Transformation.........................5
A. The Influence on “lost generation....................................6
1. The suffering of the War..............................................6
2. The Diminish of the Traditional Values and the Worship for Money......6
B. The Indulgence in the Materialistic Enjoyment.........................7
1. The Diminished Influence of the Confucianism......................7
2. The Impact from the West..............................................8
IV. The Influence of the Different Political System......................9
A. The Losing Trust for the Government...................................9
B. The Indifference to Politics.........................................10
V. The Different Performance............................................11
A. The Resort to the Literature.........................................11
B. More Indulgence in the Materialism...................................12
Conclusion..............................................................13
Acknowledgements........................................................15
Bibliography............................................................16
Abstract
This paper analyzes the “spiritually lost” of the Chinese youth (the generation of the 1980s) and the “lost generation” in the U.S. And also it explores their spiritual performance when they face the transformation of the society. Through the way of comparing the United States economic conditions, political policies and culture in the period of 1920-1930 with that of China in the period after the year of 1980, this paper analyses the reason behind the spiritually lost. And it also probes the difference of their “spiritually lost” as well as the way the two generations adopted to step out of the “spiritual lost” when they face it. At last the writer proposes that the generation of the 1980s should find the way, which could help them step out the spiritual dilemma, in the Chinese cultural origins.
Key Words
The generation of 1980s; the lost generation; social transformation; spiritual lost
