“消费社会”也许称得上是20世纪末本世纪初中国学术界最引人注目的术语之一。关于消费社会与消费文学的讨论此起彼伏,不仅批评文章众多,且译著也比较多。“消费社会”、“消费文化”、“消费文学”之类的语词已经成为我国一些学者讨论的关键词,“消费”俨然已成为点击率最高的语词之一。 “Consuming society” may be regarded as one of the most striking terms in Chinese academia at the turn of the 20th century and the beginning of this century. The discussion about the consumer society and consumer literature came one after another, not only criticizing many articles, but also more translations. Words such as “consumer society”, “consumer culture”, “consumer literature” have become the key words discussed by some scholars in our country. “Consumption” seems to have become one of the most popular terms.