孙坚，男，生于1966年，河南省三门峡市陕州区人，文学博士。陕西师范大学外国语学院副教授，美国伊利诺伊大学访问学者。授课之余，勤于钻研，在SSCI及AHCI等刊物发表论文十余篇，另有译一部，参编参译作多部，主持国家社科项目一项。

　　鲍氏对小说艺术捍卫的另一表现，在于他坚持认为在创作中一以贯之的形式和风格必须随着作品的主题而发生改变的观点。他不断尝试用新的叙事策略来拓展创作主题。除了惯用并置的叙事手法外，他还使用了文集式叙事手法（《幽灵在行动》）、套娃式叙事手法（《冲破黑暗》）以及拼贴、元小说等后现代叙事手法。笔者详细探讨了鲍威尔斯在一系列的作品中如何实现两种文化的融合，如何实现作品的社会功能，如何解决叙事危机。《为小说申辩：理查德·鲍威尔斯小说研究》笔者孙坚认为，除了科学话语和人文话语的结合，鲍威尔斯通过将叙事文体和说明文体的有机结合，成功地实现了现实主义和后现代主义的融合，这一融合使其小说比其前辈的后现代派小说*具可读性和社会价值，在某种意义上也有助于解决小说创作的困境。

Introduction
1． From Thomas Pychon to the Generation Xers
2． Richard Powers
3． Theoretic Framework and Structure of The Book

Chapter One The Convergence of Science and Art：An Apology for the Legitimacy of Fiction
1．1 Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance：Scientific Progress and Its Impact upon Human Life and Art
1．1．1 Science vs Society
1．1．2 Science vs Art
1．2 The Gold Bug Variations ： A Variation of Humanities and Sciences
1．3 Transcending of the Game Rules of the Discourses of Science and Art

Chapter Two Calling for the Return of Humanity：An Apology for the Function of Fiction
2．1 Galatea 2．2 ： A New Version of Pygmalion Mythology in the Digital Age
2．2 Operation Wandering Soul：The Recursion of Nightmare in the 20th Century
2．3 Story-Telling：Means to Enhance Humanism in the Information Age

Chapter Three Ecologic Concern：An Apology for the Social Function of Fiction
3．1 Gain：A Modem American Eco-tragedy
3．2 The Echo Maker：Relocation of Man in Nature
3．3 Re-Establishing of the Man-and-Nature Relationship

Chapter Four Hybridization and Mixture：Richard Powers's Narrative Strategy
4．1 Powers's Idea and Strategy of Narrative
4．2 Hybridization and Mixture of Scientific Discourse with Literary Discourse
4．3 Blending of Postmodemism with Realism
4．4 Blending of Narrative with Essayistic Writing

Conclusion
Accessory 1
Accessory 2
Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgements
后记