Discuss the concept of Wasteland in relation to the works of those writers in the 20th cen

正确答案：The Waste Land is a poem written by T. S. Eliot on the theme of the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world. This most widely known expression of the despair in the postwar era has appeared over and over again in the works of those writers in the 20th century American literature. Faulkner exemplified T. S. Eliot" s concept of modern society as a wasteland in a dramatic way he condemned the mechanized industrialized society that has dehumanized man by forcing him to cultivate false values and decrease those essential human values such as courage fortitude honesty and goodness. Fitzgerald sought to portray a spiritual wasteland of the Jazz Age. Beneath the masks of relaxation and joviality there was only sterility meaningless and futility amid the grandeur and extravagance there was a hint of decadence and moral decay. Hemingway the leading spokesman of the Lost Generation though disillusioned in the post war period strove to bring a-bout man" s "grace under pressure". He tried to bring out the idea that man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.
TheWasteLandisapoemwrittenbyT.S.Eliotonthethemeofthesterilityandchaosofthecontemporaryworld.Thismostwidelyknownexpressionofthedespairinthepostwarerahasappearedoverandoveragainintheworksofthosewritersinthe20thcenturyAmericanliterature.FaulknerexemplifiedT.S.Eliot"sconceptofmodernsocietyasawastelandinadramaticwayhecondemnedthemechanized,industrializedsocietythathasdehumanizedmanbyforcinghimtocultivatefalsevaluesanddecreasethoseessentialhumanvaluessuchascourage,fortitude,honestyandgoodness.FitzgeraldsoughttoportrayaspiritualwastelandoftheJazzAge.Beneaththemasksofrelaxationandjoviality,therewasonlysterility,meaninglessandfutilityamidthegrandeurandextravagance,therewasahintofdecadenceandmoraldecay.Hemingway,theleadingspokesmanoftheLostGeneration,thoughdisillusionedinthepostwarperiod,strovetobringa-boutman"s"graceunderpressure".Hetriedtobringouttheideathatmancanbephysicallydestroyedbutneverdefeatedspiritually.