本文把《第二次握手》置于当时的历史背景下进行分析，指出其复归传统与追求现代正是它在中国当代文学史上的意义。
Based on a historical analysis of this novel , this paper shows that the reappearance of the tradition and the pursuit of the modernization is its significance in the history of the Contemporary Chinese Literature .
第二次握手