Among the"seventeen years'novels",the urban novels are far from reaching the height of representing numerous writers and frequent classic works such as"revolutionary historical novels"and"rural theme novels".There are many reasons for this literary phenomenon.According to the literary tradition,the number of urban no-vels in the modern literary period is limited,and most of them are the criticism of city,so there is no reference re-source for the"seventeen years'novels".From a practical point of view,with the establishment of the socialist system in city after the founding of the People's Republic of China,the writing of city has gradually shifted from urban life to industrial production,but this has produced a"dislocation"with the writing experience of contempora-ry writers.In addition,the rural theme is easier to realize the pursuit of"revolutionary modernity"in contemporary literature than the urban theme,which undoubtedly puts the urban theme at a disadvantage in the process of selec-ting the theme of"seventeen years'novels".