绪言美国当代文坛人才辈出,特别是有着成为巴尔扎克野心的作家乔伊斯·卡洛尔·欧茨。她的创作以其非凡性和复杂性而著称于世,她打破了美国文坛的原有小说模式,通过细腻的笔法聚焦人物的心理和叙述多舛的人物命运,使得人物性格被淋漓尽致地表现出来,成为美国当代文坛绚丽夺目的一 INTRODUCTION The contemporary American literary circles have many talents, especially Joyce Carroll Oates, the author of Balzac ambition. Her creation is famous for its extraordinary nature and complexity. She has broken the original fictional mode of the American literary world. Through her delicate writing, she focuses on the psychology of the characters and narrates the fate of the rich people, so that her character is vividly displayed , Became one of the gorgeous eye-catching contemporary American literary world