美国当代作家诺曼·梅勒自1948年发表长篇小说《裸者与死者》以来,为表征美国社会的复杂性、种种矛盾,以及各种先验的可能性寻求了各种各样有力的表达符号。在这些表达符号中,我们可以清晰地听到梅勒救世主般的呐喊和他对于美国社会所负有的强烈使命感、明显地感受到梅勒与美国文学传统的继承关系。这种继承突出表现在他的作品与爱默生、麦尔维尔、以及亨利·亚当斯等人的种种联系上。 Since the American contemporary writer Norman Meyer published his novel “Naked and Dead” in 1948, he has sought all kinds of powerful expressions to characterize the complexities, contradictions and a priori possibilities of American society symbol. In these expressions, we can clearly hear the cry of Mailer’s savior and his strong sense of mission to American society, and obviously feel the inheritance relationship between Mailer and American literary tradition. This inheritance is highlighted in the connections between his work and Emerson, Melville, and Henry Adams.