美國20世紀五十至六十年代通常被認為是美國詩壇的轉折時期。五十年代中期之前,追隨艾略特的美國新批評派基本上是美國詩歌以及文學批評的主流,五十年代中期之后,以威廉斯·卡洛斯·威廉斯、阿倫·金斯堡、羅伯特·羅威爾為代表后現代主義詩歌逐漸占據歷史舞臺。本文結合當時的社會與時代背景,厘清這一轉折時期的代表人物及關鍵事件,從而更好把握美國現當代詩歌的走向。

The 50s-60s in the 20 th century is usually considered as a transitional period in the history of American poetry. Before the mid-50 s, Eliot and his follower—the American New Criticism took the dominant position in the field of American poetry and literary criticism. After the mid-50 s, postmodernist poetry, represented by William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg and Robert Lowell,gradually came onto the historical stage. Based on the social and historical background, the article tries to figure out the representative figures and important events in the period, and presents a clear picture of transition in the modern American poetry.