近年来在外国文学研究领域里所出现的最令人可喜的现象,莫过于对美国文学的介绍,特别是对当代美国文学的介绍,逐步采取开放的态度了。不仅马克·吐温、杰克·伦敦、德莱塞、斯坦贝克、海明威这样一些在文学界早有定评的文学巨匠的作品,大多数已经译介给了我国广大的读者,就是一些当代的作家如辛格、贝娄、马拉默德、欧茨、冯尼格、塞林格等的名字,也正为我国爱好外国文学的读者所熟知。所谓“意识流”、“荒诞派”、“黑色幽默”等等创作上的新老手法, In recent years, the most gratifying phenomenon that has emerged in the field of foreign literature research is the gradual adoption of an open attitude toward the introduction of American literature, especially the introduction of contemporary American literature. Most of the works of literary masters such as Mark Twain, Jack London, Dreiser, Steinbeck, and Hemingway, who have long been appraised in literary circles, have mostly been referred to the vast readership of our country and some contemporary writers such as The names of Singh, Bellow, Malamud, Oates, Vonnegger, Salinger and others are also well known to our readers who are interested in foreign literature. The so-called “stream of consciousness”, “absurd”, “black humor” and so on the creation of old and new techniques,