近三十五年来,萨姆·谢泼德研究在欧美批评界经历了由谢泼德“文化期”兴起到“谢泼德工厂”高产期到“谢泼德疲惫”期的一个转型过程。谢泼德研究态势分为这三个阶段来看:八十年代作为谢泼德“文化期”的兴起时期,以多面向的比较研究为主,探索谢泼德的作品与其他欧美作家的作品以及文化思潮运动之间的关系,同时传记也是评论家深化了解谢泼德生平及作品的重要研究形式;九十年代为“工厂”高产期,研究者们以后结构主义为理论支撑推进了谢泼德在美国文化,美国社会,美国个人的危机这三个重要主题的进一步挖掘,运用了包括文化研究,性别研究,女性批评,话语理论,时空理论等一系列新的文学研究方法;二十一世纪进入“疲惫”期后仍有新发展,体现在应用新的研究方法如史学研究,心理分析,跨学科研究等对热点作品中的热点主题的剖析解读进行了纵深发展,同时在横向将研究对象扩展到谢泼德的中后期戏剧及电影剧本,音乐等其他创作类型。 In the past thirty-five years, Sam Shephard research in Europe and the United States critics have experienced the rise from Shepard “Culture ” to “Shepard Factory ” high yield to “Shepard ” Period of a transition process. Shepard’s research situation is divided into three stages: the rise of Shepard in the 1980s as a period of “cultural period”, the multi-oriented comparative study of mainly exploring Shephard’s works and other European and American writers As well as the relationship between cultural and ideological movements. At the same time, biographies are also important critics for critics to deepen their understanding of Sheppard’s life and works. In the 1990s, the “factory” high-yielding period and the researchers’ post-structuralism as theoretical support Promoted the further excavation of the three major themes of Shephard’s in American culture, American society and the personal crisis in the United States, and used a series of new literary research methods including cultural studies, gender studies, women’s criticisms, discourse theories and time-space theory ; There are still some new developments after entering the period of “exhaustion” in the 21st century, which is reflected in the further development of the analysis and interpretation of hot topics in hot works by applying new research methods such as historical studies, psychological analysis and interdisciplinary research At the same time, the research object was extended horizontally to other Shephard Shephard dramas and screenplays, music and other creative types.