《白鲸》是赫尓曼·麦尔维尔(Herman Melville)最具代表性的作品之一,作者以自己的航海经历为创作背景,真实再现了19世纪欧美列强在南海争夺殖民地的历史状况。小说风格奇异多变,内容涉及面广,自面世以来,人们对它的理解存在着明显的多元性和开放性。威廉·斯潘诺斯(William Spanos)作为美国著名的后现代主义学者,从分析“神秘白色” Beluga is one of the most representative works by Herman Melville. The author, based on his own sailing experience, vividly reproduces the historical situation of the 19th century European and American powers competing for colonies in the South China Sea. The style of the novel is singular and varied, covering a wide range of content. Since its publication, people have obviously diversified and open understanding of it. As a famous postmodernist scholar in the United States, William Spanos, from the analysis of “mysterious white”