成长小说(亦称教育小说)被誉为是与美国历史具有共同点的一种小说形式,具有独特的艺术魅力,由此角度分析美国文学经典作品为了解美国开辟了一条新的道路。从成长小说的角度分析西奥多·德莱塞的代表作《美国的悲剧》,发掘在当时社会背景下青少年成长过程中难以避免的畸形发展问题可以以史为鉴,同时也反映出“美国的悲剧”实际上是资本主义社会不可调和的矛盾。 As a fictional novel that has something in common with American history, the novel of growth (also known as educational novel) has unique artistic charm. From this point of view, American literary classics open up a new road to understanding the United States. Analyzing Theodore Dreiser’s masterpiece “American Tragedy” from the perspective of the novel of growth, exploring the problem of abnormal development that is unavoidable in the growth of adolescents under the social background at the time can learn from history and also reflect the “American tragedy” In fact, capitalist society is irreconcilable contradictions.