美国当代著名作家E.L.多克特罗的小说《比利·巴思格特》情节紧张,结构紧凑,悬念迭出,引人入胜,一向被评论界视为多克特罗的最佳作品。本文运用应用语言学定量研究方法,探究该小说张力,尤其是情节张力和人物张力的各种变量及其关系,指出正因为作家有效地控制了各种变量的关系,才使《比利·巴思格特》成为一部充满张力的优秀文学作品。本文尝试把思辨性文学研究和实证性应用语言学研究相结合,为文学研究提供一种新思路和新方法。 The famous contemporary American writer E.L. Dokteruluo’s novel “Billy · Basteer” tense, compact structure, suspenseful, fascinating, has been the critics as the best work of Doetraum. This paper uses quantitative linguistics research methods to explore the tension of the novel, especially plot tension and character tension of the various variables and their relationship, pointing out precisely because the writer effectively control the relationship between the various variables, only “Billy · Pakistan Si Gete ”become a tense outstanding literary works. This article attempts to combine the study of speculative literature with the empirical study of applied linguistics, providing a new way of thinking and a new method for the study of literature.