《死者》是詹姆斯·乔伊斯短篇小说集《都柏林人》的压卷之作,林徽因的《九十九度中》被李健吾称为最富有现代性的小说。两部作品在主导意象与主题、叙事手法和心理刻画等方面具有相似性,同时又体现了两位作家各自独具的艺术特色。本文对两部作品进行了对比研究,探讨两者间的异同及其产生的原因。 “The Dead” is a ballad of James Joyce’s short story collection “Dublinians,” and Lin Huiyin’s “Ninety-Nine Degrees” was described by Li Jianwu as the most modern novel. The two works have similarities in the aspects of dominant image and theme, narrative techniques and psychological portrayal, and meanwhile reflect the unique artistic features of the two writers. This article makes a comparative study of the two works to explore the similarities and differences between the two and its causes.