《麦田守望者》是美国作家塞林格的长篇小说,作品在出版之后引发了社会的普遍关注。美国成长文学创作具有着鲜明的架构特点,而《麦田守望者》就是美国成长文学中的经典之作。本文在对美国成长小说架构特点做出论述的基础上,对《麦田守望者》对美国成长小说架构的体现做出了分析与探讨。一、美国成长小说架构特点美国成长小说主要是对青少年时期的人们在经历考验和磨练之后逐渐成长的过程做出描写。在对这一过程做出描写的过程中,一般都会使用 The Catcher in the Rye, a novel by American writer Salinger, caused widespread public concern after it was published. American growth literature has a distinctive architectural feature, while Catcher in the Rye is a classic in American growth literature. Based on the discussion of the characteristics of the American Bildungsroman novel, this essay analyzes and probes into the embodiment of “The Catcher in the Rye” of the American Bildungsroman. First, the characteristics of the United States of America’s growing novel structure American growth is mainly the story of people in adolescence during the test and hone their growth process to make a description. In the process of describing this process, it is generally used