本文用现实主义与现代主义理论从主题思想和语言方面分析了亨利·詹姆斯中期作品《波士顿人》的现实主义特征,旨在发现詹姆斯在传统现实主义文学创作的基础上对小说人物刻画、人物意识和叙事话语进行的革新,呈现明显的由现实主义向现代主义过渡的特征。研究发现詹姆斯作品从早期现实主义作品向中后期现代主义作品过渡的倾向,为詹姆斯的研究提供了新的视角。 This thesis uses realism and modernism theory to analyze the realistic characteristics of Henri James’ mid-term “Bostonian” from the perspectives of theme and language, aiming to find out James’s portrayal of characters and characters based on traditional realist literary creation And narrative discourse innovation, showing obvious characteristics of the transition from realism to modernism. The research finds that the tendency of James’ work from the early realism to the late modernism works provides a new perspective for James’s research.