六七十年代 ,许多作家和评论家认为传统小说已经走向困境 ,失去了生命力 ,在形式、体裁和技巧等方面已经不可能有什么突破 ,约翰·巴斯称之为“枯竭的文学” ,许多人甚至发出了“小说已经死亡”的叹息。在这种情况下 ,作家纷纷寻求对传统小说的突破 ,形成一股文学后现代潮流。 In the 1960s and the 1970s, many writers and critics thought that traditional novels had gone to difficulties and lost their vitality, and no breakthroughs in form, genre and technique were possible. What John Bass called “dried up literature” and many People even gave the “novel has died” sigh. Under such circumstances, writers have sought to make breakthroughs in traditional novels and form a post-literature literary trend.