《拉格泰姆时代》是美国严肃作家埃德加·劳伦斯·多克特罗在后现代主义写作的一次创新性尝试,小说以虚构的白人、黑人和犹太移民三个家庭为故事主线,借用美国汽车大王福特、心理学家弗洛伊德等真实的历史人物,虚实结合,展开的一次对20世纪初美国社会的回访。在创作中,作者运用了大量的后现代主义写作技巧如互文性和 The “Age of Ragtime” is an innovative attempt by the American serious writer Edgar Lawrence Dotokro to write in postmodernism. The novel takes fictional whites, blacks and Jewish immigrants as the main line of the story. American auto king Ford, psychologist Freud and other real historical figures, combined with the actual situation, launched a visit to the early 20th century American society. In his writing, the author uses a great deal of postmodern writing skills such as intertextuality