现代主义文学是20世纪重要的文学思潮和流派之一,几乎渗透到了世纪文学的每一个角落。本文以现代主义文学的产生背景为铺垫,着重阐述了现代主义文学中的象征主义、表现主义和意识流小说,以及现代主义文学的基本特征,从而分析现代主义文学在世界文学的重要地位。 Modernist literature is one of the important literary trends and genres in the 20th century and has infiltrated almost every corner of the 21st century literature. This article paves the way for the emergence of modernist literature, and focuses on the symbolism, expressionism and stream of consciousness novels of modernism literature as well as the basic characteristics of modernist literature, and analyzes the important status of modernist literature in world literature.