《荒原》是艾略特的诗作名篇之一。在这篇诗作里,诗人用思想锐利的目光去观察今夕,通过他那点石成金的大手笔抒写了他对现代社会及现代人性的观察与思考。诗作通过把往昔的纯真美好、和谐完整同现代欧美社会中的庸俗无聊、空虚混乱进行比较,运用典故、象征、意识流等手法,表现了第一次世界大战结束后笼罩着人类的绝望情绪和人们面临的精神荒芜。本文拟就其艺术魅力来探讨其深邃的主题意蕴。 The Waste Land is one of Eliot’s famous poems. In this poem, the poet observes the eve of this ebb with his sharp eyes and through his masterpiece Shi Chengjin describes his observations and reflections on modern society and modern humanity. Compared with the vulgar and empty chaos in the modern European and American society, the poem shows the despair of mankind after the end of the First World War by means of allusions, symbols and stream of consciousness. The people are facing a barren spirit. This article intends to explore its profound artistic connotation.