后现代主义作为一种文学思潮,占据了20世纪后半叶美国文坛的主流地位。其实验性的特点,造成小说晦涩难懂,无确定意义。在此背景下,约翰.加德纳提出了他的道德小说观,以此作为对实验小说的反拨。试以《救赎》为例,评析加德纳在个人创作中对其小说观的具体实践。 As a literary trend, postmodernism occupied the mainstream status of American literary circles in the second half of the 20th century. Its experimental characteristics, resulting in the obscure novel, no definite meaning. In this context, John Gardner proposed his view of moral novel as a counterrevolution to the experimental novel. Trying to use “redemption” as an example, we analyze Gardner ’s concrete practice of his novels in his personal creation.