韦恩·C·布斯是当代美国著名的批评家,从事小说修辞性美学的研究。其著作侧重于分析作品如何同读者交流,如何使读者对小说虚构事件中的人物和事件发生兴趣并且如何从道德上影响读者。约翰.福尔斯是英国当代文坛最重要的小说家之一,其小说一直受世界各地读者和评论家的好评。两位文学大师都出名于“后现代主义”思潮风行的六十年代。在同样的社会历史文化背景之中,两位文学大师从不同的角度对小说的修辞性美学艺术进行了诠释。福尔斯的《收藏家》便是这方面颇具代表性和说服力的作品。 Wayne C. Booth is a famous contemporary American critics engaged in rhetorical aesthetics of the novel. His work focuses on analyzing how works communicate with readers, how to make readers interested in characters and events in fictional fiction events and how to influence readers morally. John Fowles is one of the most important novelists in the contemporary British literary world, and his novels have been well received by readers and critics all over the world. Both literary masters are famous in the 1960s when the trend of “postmodernism” prevailed. In the same social historical and cultural background, the two great masters of literature interpreted the rhetorical aesthetics of the novel from different perspectives. Vole’s “collector” is a very representative and convincing piece in this area.