美国著名作家约翰·厄普代克去世已经一年有余,他的离去无疑是世界文学界的一大损失。从盖棺定论的角度来看,我们对其文学作品(主要是小说作品)的研究可以更进一步。从20世纪70年代末,国内便开始了对厄普代克作品的研究,国内学者的研究主要集中在以下几个方面:一是从“兔子四部曲”看美国社会的变迁;二是对小 More than a year has passed since the death of the famous American writer John Updike, whose departure is undoubtedly a big loss in the world literary world. From the deciding conclusion, we can go further with the study of his literary works (mainly novel works). Since the late 1970s, the study of Updike’s works began in China. The domestic scholars mainly focus on the following aspects: First, the changes of American society from “The Rabbit’s Four Novels”; secondly, small