一、引言西奥多·德莱塞是美国著名的批判现实主义作家。他生于一个美国印第安纳州一个破产的小业主家庭,因家境困难,求学时期就不得不靠做童工来养活自己。18岁时进大学学习,但只读了一年就迫于生计而中辍,他先后做过饭店洗碗伙计、洗衣房工人、火车验票员等。从1892年起,他在芝加哥、圣路易、纽约等地当了几年新闻记者。 I. Introduction Theodore Dreiser is a famous American critical realist writer. He was born in a bankrupt small homeowner family in Indiana, U.S.A. Due to his family difficulties, he had to rely on child labor to support himself during his studies. At the age of 18, I was admitted to college. However, after only one year of study, I was forced to quit her livelihood. He has worked as a restaurant clerk, a laundry worker, a train ticket clerk and so on. Since 1892, he has been a journalist for years in Chicago, St. Louis and New York.