台静农的《拜堂》和陈映真的《将军族》是20世纪中国乡土小说的杰出代表。两者都以刻画社会底层的人物形象而见长,融生命的悲歌与赞歌于一体。本文拟从人物设置、小说主旨、意境氛围的塑造及表现手法等方面,分析比较这两篇小说的异同。 Tai Jingnong’s “Chapel” and Chen Yingzhen’s “Gentry” are outstanding representatives of Chinese native novels in the 20th century. Both are famous for portraying the characters of the bottom of society and integrating the sad songs and hymns of life. This article intends to analyze and compare the similarities and differences between the two novels from such aspects as the character set, the essence of novels, the shaping of artistic atmosphere and the expression techniques.