美国早期西部小说以拓荒精神和英雄主义闻名于世,但明显的模式化特征也在一定程度上削弱了其思想深度,使之与艺术精品无缘。拉里·麦克默特里是战后美国西部小说的主要代言人之一,他的作品充分显示了后现代语境下的美国西部小说的“后西部”(post-western)特征,麦克默特里成功架起了通俗文学与严肃文学之间的桥梁,使西部小说跻身主流文学成为可能。 Early Western novels in the United States are famous for their pioneering spirit and heroism, but the markedly modeled features have also weakened the depth of their thinking to a certain extent, leaving them out of favor with the fine arts. Larry McMurray, one of the main spokesmen for the American post-war American novels, fully demonstrated the “post-western” characteristics of American western novels in the postmodern context. Terry succeeded in setting up a bridge between popular literature and serious literature, making it possible for western novels to become mainstream literature.