透过“荒谬”看真实——评美国后现代派小说

Reality Behind the Absurdity——Comment on American Postmodern Fictions

美国后现代小说是在打破传统的后现代文艺思潮影响下诞生的,具有反体裁、反情节、内容晦涩等特点.通过探讨其创作形式、表现手法、叙事顺序的“荒谬”性,来揭示后现代作家的真实写作目的.其旨是激发读者深刻地思考,以便更清楚地认识现实.这对正确理解美国后现代小说有重要意义.

The birth of American postmodern fiction was influenced by the postmodernism,which is a kind of anti--traditional trend of thought in literature and art. The postmodern fiction has the feature of anti--style,anti--plot and obscurity.Through exploiting the absurdity in its writing mode,writing technique and narrative order,try to discover the real writing purpose of the author. It is important for the reader to understand American postmodern fiction by noticing the reality behind the absurdity.