余华是中国当代先锋派的代表性作家,其作品在表现人的苦难、世界的苦难和人性上具有鲜明的特色,特别是他的黑色幽默叙事方式,更是让他在文坛中独具一格。在余华的长篇小说中,《活着》是他的代表作,作品发表之后在国内外产生了很大的影响。本文从《活着》中死亡、苦难与社会现实之间的关系出发,探讨《活着》的悲剧性。 Yu Hua is a representative writer of contemporary Chinese avant-garde. His works have distinctive features in representing man’s misery, world suffering and humanity. Especially his black humorous narrative style makes him unique in the literary world . In Yu Hua’s novels, “Alive” is his masterpiece, which has had a great influence both at home and abroad after its publication. This article discusses the tragic nature of “living” from the relationship between death and suffering in “living” and social reality.