一、引言《雨中的猫》是海明威早期经典短篇小说之一。小说故事情节简单,文笔简洁凝练,独具匠心,内涵丰富,受到了文学评论界的持续关注和无限遐思。依据中国知网(CNKI)的检索结果,仅在2001年至2011年间,相关研究论文就有102篇之多。已有的研究大多集中在对小说的主题与艺术风格的定性分 I. Introduction The cat in the rain is one of the early classic novels of Hemingway. The story of the novel is simple, concise and concise writing style, originality, rich in content, by the literary critics continue to pay attention and endless reverie. According to CNKI’s search results, there are only 102 related research papers from 2001 to 2011 alone. Most of the existing studies focus on the qualitative analysis of the theme and artistic style of the novel