亨利·菲尔丁所创作的最后一部小说《阿米莉亚》与史诗传统密切关联。这部作品在以史笔表现平常人的普通生活的创作中糅合了史诗传统中的主题、情节结构和手法、人物形象塑造及内涵等。在围绕荣名这一重大主题展开的一系列情节结构中,作者塑造了与史诗传统人物相类比的时代版的各种人物形象。作品描绘了形形色色的人物,并在其各自的行动中勾勒出作品所处的时代背景即18世纪英国社会及其道德价值取向。自亨利·菲尔丁以来,小说这一新兴的艺术形式才真正成为了现代市民阶级的史诗。 The last novel by Henry Fielding, Amelia, is closely related to the epic tradition. The work combines the themes, plot structures and techniques, the characterization and connotation of epic traditions in the creation of everyday lives characterized by the ordinary history of the pen. In a series of plots around the major theme of honor, the author shapes images of the era in analogy with epic traditional characters. The work depicts a wide range of people and in their respective actions sketches the background of the work in which the 18th century British society and its ethical values. Since Henry Fielding, the emerging art form of fiction has truly become the epic of the modern citizen class.