约翰·契佛是美国战后著名现实主义作家,以短篇小说最受读者与评论界的关注。《巨型收音机》是其最著名的短篇代表作品之一,典型地反映出美国社会的真实风貌。小说通过一对中年夫妇与一台巨型收音机之间发生的故事,向读者展现了现代社会中人的道德的堕落、生活的虚伪、生存的困境与精神上的颓废与麻木状态。本文将从人物塑造与叙事风格两方面,探讨这篇作品的创作特色。一从人物塑造上看,契佛的这篇小说最突出的特点 John Chevron is a post-war famous realist writer, with the most readers and critics attention. “Giant Radio” is one of its most famous short representative works, typically reflecting the true features of American society. The novel shows the readers the degeneration of human morality, the hypocrisy of life, the dilemma of existence and the decadent and numb mental state through the story of a middle-aged couple with a giant radio. This article will explore the creative features of this work from two aspects: the characterization and narrative style. A character from the point of view, the most prominent feature of this novel