英美文学源远流长,经历了长期、复杂的发展演变过程。而进入二十世纪之后,美国文学日渐成熟,已经不再是英国文学的分支,战后美国文学更是多元化发展。本文将通过对其中一位作家杰克伦敦以及他的代表作《野性的呼唤》中的主人公“巴克”的分析来思考二十世纪时代背景下美国文学的“野性”特色。 Anglo-American literature goes back to ancient times and has undergone long-term and complicated development and evolution. After entering the twentieth century, American literature matures and is no longer a branch of British literature. American literature after the war was even more diversified. This article will examine the “wildness” of American literature in the context of the 20th century through the analysis of one of the writers, Jack London and his representative “The Call of the Wild,” “Buck.”