英国作家扎迪.史密斯2005年出版的小说《论美》入围当年的英国布克奖,是一部向20世纪正典作家E.M.福斯特《霍华德庄园》致敬的佳作。本文以互文性理论为基础探讨这两部小说在情节、主题和人物三方面的互文关系,以此揭示作者如何有意识地使用互文性手法来构建自己的文本。 British writer Zadie Smith published in 2005 the novel “On the United States,” shortlisted the British Booker Award, is a tribute to the 20th century canonist E.M. Foster “Howard Manor” masterpiece. Based on the theory of intertextuality, this article explores the intertextual relations between these two novels in terms of plot, theme and character, so as to reveal how the authors consciously use intertextual techniques to construct their own texts.