It's the bedrock of modern genre fiction.

这是现代体裁小说的基石。

Both " The Investiture of the Gods" and " Journey to the West" are works of early modern fiction.

《封神演义》和《西游记》都是早期现代小说作品。

(2)His powerful style forming mastery of the art of creating modern fiction.

对创造现代小说艺术的强大的艺术风格的掌握。

A Farewell to Arms (1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), and The Old Man and the Sea (1952) comprise a contribution to modern fiction that is far more substantial than Fitzgerald's and that approximates Faulkner's.

《永别了，武器》（1929), 《丧钟为谁 而鸣》（1940)和《老人与海》（ 1952年），加上他出色的 短篇小说故事，对现代小说的贡献远远超过斯科特.菲 茨杰拉德的小说，可以和福克纳相提并论。