美国作家威廉·斯泰伦的《奈特.特纳的自白》因“歪曲历史”而饱受争议。作为一部以真实历史人物和事件为题材的虚构作品,它在为作者提供自由想象空间的同时,也给予了他阐释历史并让历史服务于现实的机会,而其在文学虚构中进行“历史沉思”的过程则表明,史实与虚构之间的关系是他无论如何都难以摆脱的困厄。 American writer William Stellen’s “Confession of Knight Turner” is controversial because of “distorting history.” As a fictional work with real historical figures and events as the subject, it provides the author with a free imagination space and at the same time gives him the opportunity to interpret the history and make history serve the reality. However, The process of “historical contemplation” shows that the relationship between historical facts and fiction is a distress that he can hardly get rid of anyway.