当代西方文学与十九世纪以及更早的西方文学有很大不同。当代文学流派多,流派之间更迭频繁,人们似乎总是不满足于已经达到的水平,处于持续不断的探索与创新的过程中,这固然出于革新的愿望,亦难免标新立异之嫌;当代文学中一个时期的文学作品很难用某一个流派来概括,常常是沿用传统表现手法的作家与主张“革新”的作家并 Contemporary Western literature and the nineteenth century and earlier Western literature are very different. Contemporary literary genres and genres are changing frequently. People always seem to be dissatisfied with the level they have reached and are constantly exploring and innovating. This is due to the fact that contemporary literature is inevitable due to the desire for innovation. In a period of literary works is difficult to use one genre to summarize, often follow the traditional expressionist writer and advocate “innovation” writer