美国后现代主义小说详解（英文版）
Preface / 1
Directions for Teaching / 1
The Abbreviations of the Works Titles / 1
Chapter I The Aesthetic Dimensions of Postmodernist Fiction / 1
A. The Core Concepts of Postmodernist Thought / 1
B. The Evolvement of Fiction： Realism-Modernism-Postmodernism / 4
C. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Postmodemist Fiction / 8
1. Metafiction / 8
2. Anti-genre / 18
3. Language Games and the Readers Interpretation / 21
4. Tendency towards Popularization / 25
5. Parody， Collage， Montage， Black Humor， and Labyrinth / 27
6. Language Subject， Fragmented Narrative， Shifting Signifiers， and Writing Zero / 38
Chapter 2 The Deconstructive and Reconstructive Tendencies of
Postmodernism in Snow White / 53
A. The Deconstructive Tendency of Postmodernism / 55
1. Indeterminacy / 55
2. Fragmentation / 57
3. Decanonization / 60
4. Selflessness and Depthlessness / 64
5. The Unpresentable and the Unrepresentable / 70
B. The Reconstructive Tendency of Postmodernism / 72
1. Irony / 72
2. Hybridization / 75
3. Carnivalization / 77
4. Performance and Participation / 79
5. Constructionism / 81
6. Immanence / 82
Chapter 3 The Absurd Social Reality and the Grotesque Fictional World in Cateh-22 and Closing Time / 90
A. The Absurd Social Reality / 90
1. The Catch-22 in the 1960s / 90
2. The Catch-22 in the 1990s / 95
B. The Grotesque Fictional World / 99
1. Black Humor / 100
2. Language Games / 106
3. The Tendency towards Popularization / 112
Chapter 4 The Nonlinear Narrative， the Death of the Author， and Black Humor in Slaughterhouse.Five / 117
A. The Combination of the Significant Theme and the Innovative Form / 119
B. The Nonlinear Narrative / 124
1. Combining History with Imagination / 124
2. Combining Reality with Fantasy / 129
3. Combining the Diachronic with the Simultaneous / 133
C. The Death of the Author / 138
D. Black Humor / 146
Chapter 5 The Labyrinth Composed of Entropy， Polysemy and Indeterminacy in The Crying of Lot 49 / 152
A. Entropy / 155
1. Demon and Oedipa / 156
2. Entropy and the Society / 160
3. Entropy and Information / 164
B. Polysemy / 170
C. Indeterminacy / 174
Chapter 6 The Comic Nightmare and the Dishevelled Structure in Second Skin / 182
A. The Comic Nightmare / 184
1. The Comic Elements / 185
2. The Nightmarish Elements / 205
B. The Dishevelled Structure / 211
1. The Unsymmetrical Space / 212
2. The Discontinuous Time / 214
3. The Blanks / 218
C. Metafiction / 220
Chapter 7 The Transcendental Realities and the Unusual Techniques in Pale Fire / 227
A. The Transcendental Realities / 229
1. The Subjective Reality / 230
2. The Imaginative Reality / 231
3. The Consciousness of Death / 232
4. Solitude / 234
5. Alienation / 236
B. The Unusual Techniques / 240
1. Intertextuality / 242
2. Parody / 251
3. A Game of Worlds / 254
Chapter 8 The Parody of Philosophical Texts and Metafiction in The End of the Road / 268
A. The Parody of Philosophical Texts / 269
1. The Parody of Existentialism / 270
2. The Parody of Freudianism / 281
B. Metafiction / 292
Chapter 9 The Literary Code of Postmodernism in The Public Burning / 301
A. What Is a Literary Code? / 302
B. The Semantic Characteristics of the Literary Code of Postmodernism / 305
1. The Prominent and Very Frequently Used Lexemes / 305
2. The Prominent Semantic Fields / 306
C. The Syntactic Characteristics of the Literary Code of Postmodernism / 311
1. The Characteristics of the Sentence Structures / 312
2. The Characteristics of the Text Structures / 317
Glossary / 336
Bibliography / 342
The Readings for the Study of American Poslanodernist Fiction / 357
Postscript / 361
Directions for Teaching / 1
The Abbreviations of the Works Titles / 1
Chapter I The Aesthetic Dimensions of Postmodernist Fiction / 1
A. The Core Concepts of Postmodernist Thought / 1
B. The Evolvement of Fiction： Realism-Modernism-Postmodernism / 4
C. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Postmodemist Fiction / 8
1. Metafiction / 8
2. Anti-genre / 18
3. Language Games and the Readers Interpretation / 21
4. Tendency towards Popularization / 25
5. Parody， Collage， Montage， Black Humor， and Labyrinth / 27
6. Language Subject， Fragmented Narrative， Shifting Signifiers， and Writing Zero / 38
Chapter 2 The Deconstructive and Reconstructive Tendencies of
Postmodernism in Snow White / 53
A. The Deconstructive Tendency of Postmodernism / 55
1. Indeterminacy / 55
2. Fragmentation / 57
3. Decanonization / 60
4. Selflessness and Depthlessness / 64
5. The Unpresentable and the Unrepresentable / 70
B. The Reconstructive Tendency of Postmodernism / 72
1. Irony / 72
2. Hybridization / 75
3. Carnivalization / 77
4. Performance and Participation / 79
5. Constructionism / 81
6. Immanence / 82
Chapter 3 The Absurd Social Reality and the Grotesque Fictional World in Cateh-22 and Closing Time / 90
A. The Absurd Social Reality / 90
1. The Catch-22 in the 1960s / 90
2. The Catch-22 in the 1990s / 95
B. The Grotesque Fictional World / 99
1. Black Humor / 100
2. Language Games / 106
3. The Tendency towards Popularization / 112
Chapter 4 The Nonlinear Narrative， the Death of the Author， and Black Humor in Slaughterhouse.Five / 117
A. The Combination of the Significant Theme and the Innovative Form / 119
B. The Nonlinear Narrative / 124
1. Combining History with Imagination / 124
2. Combining Reality with Fantasy / 129
3. Combining the Diachronic with the Simultaneous / 133
C. The Death of the Author / 138
D. Black Humor / 146
Chapter 5 The Labyrinth Composed of Entropy， Polysemy and Indeterminacy in The Crying of Lot 49 / 152
A. Entropy / 155
1. Demon and Oedipa / 156
2. Entropy and the Society / 160
3. Entropy and Information / 164
B. Polysemy / 170
C. Indeterminacy / 174
Chapter 6 The Comic Nightmare and the Dishevelled Structure in Second Skin / 182
A. The Comic Nightmare / 184
1. The Comic Elements / 185
2. The Nightmarish Elements / 205
B. The Dishevelled Structure / 211
1. The Unsymmetrical Space / 212
2. The Discontinuous Time / 214
3. The Blanks / 218
C. Metafiction / 220
Chapter 7 The Transcendental Realities and the Unusual Techniques in Pale Fire / 227
A. The Transcendental Realities / 229
1. The Subjective Reality / 230
2. The Imaginative Reality / 231
3. The Consciousness of Death / 232
4. Solitude / 234
5. Alienation / 236
B. The Unusual Techniques / 240
1. Intertextuality / 242
2. Parody / 251
3. A Game of Worlds / 254
Chapter 8 The Parody of Philosophical Texts and Metafiction in The End of the Road / 268
A. The Parody of Philosophical Texts / 269
1. The Parody of Existentialism / 270
2. The Parody of Freudianism / 281
B. Metafiction / 292
Chapter 9 The Literary Code of Postmodernism in The Public Burning / 301
A. What Is a Literary Code? / 302
B. The Semantic Characteristics of the Literary Code of Postmodernism / 305
1. The Prominent and Very Frequently Used Lexemes / 305
2. The Prominent Semantic Fields / 306
C. The Syntactic Characteristics of the Literary Code of Postmodernism / 311
1. The Characteristics of the Sentence Structures / 312
2. The Characteristics of the Text Structures / 317
Glossary / 336
Bibliography / 342
The Readings for the Study of American Poslanodernist Fiction / 357
Postscript / 361
陈世丹，文学博士，中国人民大学外国语学院和文学院教授，英美文学、西方文论和西方文化方向博士生和硕士生导师。全国英国文学学会常务理事。厦门大学博士研究生毕业，获博士学位；美国哈佛大学访问学者；美国耶鲁大学美国学方向东亚学者研究班毕业。1995年以来主持完成省、部级科研项目5项、国家社会科学基金项目1项“美国后现代主义小说主题与艺术手法论”（97CWW004），目前正在主持进行国家社会科学基金项目“美国作家库尔特·冯内古特研究”（06BWW017）。已出版各类著作《冯内古特的后现代主义小说艺术》（英文版，2009）、《美国后现代主义小说精读》（英文版，2009）、《虚构亦真实》（2005）、《美国后现代主义小说艺术论》（2002）等15部；发表国家核心期刊学术论文《：一种诗性的语言结构》、《论中熵、多义性和不确定性的迷宫》（2007）、《论后现代主义小说之存在》（2005）等50多篇。
《美国后现代主义小说详解(英文版)》以一篇篇经典的代表性作品为具体例证，系统阐述了后现代主义在小说解构、重构、元小说、反体栽、语言游戏、戏仿、拼贴、蒙太奇、迷宫、黑色幽默、零散叙事、滑动能指、零度写作、通俗化倾向、后现代主义文学代码的语义学和句法学特点等方面的艺术特征。它将后现代主义理论探讨与小说文本分析相结合，将小说主题思想讨论和艺术风格分析相结合，全方位地把握其发展脉络和社会影响，使读者能对美国后现代主义小说有一个深刻而全面的认识。
该书可用作我国高等院校英语语言文学专业本科生和研究生“美国后现代主义小说研究”课程教材，同时亦面向高校文学院外国文学专业本科生和研究生、从事文学批评和文艺理论研究的学者，以及广大外国文学爱好者等。
该书可用作我国高等院校英语语言文学专业本科生和研究生“美国后现代主义小说研究”课程教材，同时亦面向高校文学院外国文学专业本科生和研究生、从事文学批评和文艺理论研究的学者，以及广大外国文学爱好者等。
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