中文摘要：

流浪汉小说与希腊悲剧是两种截然不同的叙事类型,前者强调了偶然事件对生活的主导作用,后者凸显了命运的绝对主宰.保罗·奥斯特在小说《偶然的音乐》中分别采用这两种叙事,揭示出生活中的偶然实际上取决于命运,现代美国社会中人们的命运已经具体化为金钱,金钱更意味着权力,在权力与金钱的共谋中,以主人公奈施为代表的现代美国人所追求的自由只不过是一种幻象.

英文摘要：

Picaresque novel and Greek tragedy are two different literary genres, with the former focusing on the dominant role of chance and the latter on the absolute power of destiny. This paper argues that in The Music of Chance, Paul Auster employs both genres to reveal that chance in life is actually determined by destiny. In modern American society money functions as destiny and also implies power. In the collusion between money and power, freedom pursued by modem Americans represented by the protagonist Nashe is nothing but an illusion.