出身犹太世家,谙熟犹太文化,懂得犹太思维,这都使得索尔·贝娄能从古老的犹太文化和历史中汲取大量而又丰富多彩的创作财富,使得犹太文化要素在其笔下以文学方式得以消解和运用。贝娄笔下的主人公大都是生活在美国的犹太知识分子,他们都在凭着自己的智慧和勤奋在物质充裕的城市中努力实现着超越。贝娄的作品就是犹太经验和美国经验的冲撞和整合,而他本人就是一个美国作家和一个犹太人。 Jewish family background, familiarity with Jewish culture, and Jewish thinking make Saul Bellow absorb a large amount of colorful creative wealth from ancient Jewish culture and history, making Jewish cultural elements literary in his works Digestion and use. Bellow’s protagonists are mostly Jewish intellectuals living in the United States, they are with their own wisdom and diligence in material abundance of cities and strive to achieve beyond. Bellow’s work is the collision and integration of Jewish experience and American experience, and he is himself an American writer and a Jew.