存在主义不仅是西方哲学的主要流派之一,也对英美文学作品的创作产生了重要影响。本文通过研究当代英美文学作品,对其中的存在主义内涵及意义加以探讨与分析,以使读者对英美文学作品的思想内涵有更深刻的了解与认知。一、引言存在主义是西方哲学的主要流派之一,又名生存哲学,产生于20世纪20年代的德国,第二次世界大战之后,在美国、日本等国得到广泛的传播。随着存在主义的不断流行,存在主义对西方文学特别是 Existentialism is not only one of the major schools of western philosophy, but also has an important influence on the creation of British and American literary works. By studying the contemporary British and American literary works, this essay explores and analyzes the connotation and significance of existentialism in it so that the readers have a deeper understanding and cognition of the ideological connotation of English and American literary works. I. Introduction Existentialism is one of the main schools of western philosophy, also known as existential philosophy. It was born in Germany in the 1920s and widely spread in the United States, Japan and other countries after World War II. With the continuous popularization of existentialism, existentialism especially for Western literature