《小城畸人》是舍伍德·安德森的代表作。小镇结成的社会环境既是美国社会的重要组成部分,又构成了社会转折时期偏离都市主流生活的边缘生活。通过探讨作品中的小镇文化,找寻实现人性自我救赎的途径,使畸人们能够适应现代社会的发展,同样使现代社会也能够适应各种人性的存在,从而阐释作品中所关注的人类的共同命运。 “Little City” is Sherwood Anderson’s masterpiece. The social environment formed by the town is not only an important part of American society, but also the marginal life that deviates from the urban mainstream life during the social transition. By exploring the town culture in the works, looking for ways to realize the self-redemption of humanity so that the abnormal people can adapt to the development of modern society and also enable the modern society to adapt to the existence of all kinds of humanity and thus to explain the common humanity in the works fate.