德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》与贾平凹的《高兴》分别描述了东西方社会在工业化与城市化快速发展的社会转型时期,底层大众在城市空间背景下的生存状态与人生轨迹。两位作家都是以最质朴的观察经验,传达出对底层大众人生际遇与精神状态的关注与思考,探 Dreiser’s “Sister Carrie” and Jia Pingwa’s “Happy” respectively describe the survival status and life trajectory of the underclassmen in the context of urban space during the social transition period of rapid industrialization and urbanization in both eastern and western societies. The two writers are the most simple observation experience, to convey the bottom of the public life and mental state of attention and thinking