美国当代作家E·L·多克托罗以其个人独特的风格打破了传统小说的创作模式,他在作品中将小说与音乐完美地结合,不仅展现了小说的艺术表现力,而且增强了小说的深层内涵。《拉格泰姆时代》就是小说与音乐结合的完美典范,作品利用拉格泰姆音乐隐喻了后现代社会纷繁复杂而又矛盾重重的社会状态。 American contemporary writer EL Duck Toro broke the mode of creation of traditional novels in his own unique style. He perfectly combines novels with music in his works, which not only shows the artistic expression of novels, but also enhances the novel Deep meaning. The “Age of Ragtime” is a perfect example of the combination of novels and music. The works make use of Ragtime’s music to metaphor complicated and contradictory social conditions in post-modern society.