一、引言在美国,每年有超过5000种青少年和儿童图书出版,青少年文学已经成为独立的门类,作品的数量巨大,种类多样,内容丰富,读者众多。其中不少作品立意准确,用字精准,充满悬念,是学习英美文化和语言不可多得的经典。青少年文学不断地发展,产生了大量种类繁多的作品,有长篇小说、短篇小说、诗歌、绘本小说、神秘幻想小说等。主题主要是青少年的自我认定、性、 I. INTRODUCTION In the United States, there are over 5,000 books published annually for teenagers and children. Teenagers’ literature has become an independent category. The number of works is huge, varied, and rich in content with many readers. Many of these works are well-intentioned, precise and full of suspense. They are a rare classic for studying Anglo-American culture and language. Teenager literature continues to develop, resulting in a large variety of works, such as novels, short stories, poems, portrait novels and mysterious fantasy novels. The main theme is adolescent self-identification, sex,