华裔美国文学指的是华裔美国作家的英文文学作品,自20世纪60年代以来,它已成为美国文学界的一个蓬勃的文学领域。与其它的少数族裔文学如美国犹太文学、美国黑人文学等共同构成美国文学中的一个重要分支。他们通过语言的力量、文化的连续性和无限的想象力为读者了解中西文化提供了一个局内人的观点。但由于作者或译者对传统文化的疏离,加之 Chinese American literature refers to the English literary works of Chinese American writers. Since the 1960s, it has become a thriving literary field of American literary circles. Together with other ethnic minorities such as American Jewish literature and American black literature, they constitute an important branch of American literature. Through the power of language, the continuity of culture and the unlimited imagination, they provide readers with an insider view of Chinese and Western cultures. However, due to the alienation of the traditional culture by the author or translator, in addition