小说离不开故事,听故事是我们的一种本能。小说借此方式(满足于听故事的需要)植根于现实的层面,初看之下小说就是讲故事。这一结论得到了许多有经验的小说家的肯定。看来小说可以从一切领域退却,唯有最后的堡垒——故事是不可动摇的。这里,我并不准备对小说中的故事因素加以攻击。我只是想说:讲故事的需要与听故事的需要不是完全一致的。讲故事的必要性不能无条件地建立在听故事的需要中,不能说 The story can not be separated from the story, listening to stories is our instinct. Fiction in this way (to meet the needs of listening to stories) rooted in the reality level, the first novel is to tell the story. This conclusion has been affirmed by many experienced novelists. It seems the novel can be retreated from all areas, only the last bastion - the story is unshakable. Here, I am not prepared to attack the story elements in the novel. I just want to say that the need to tell a story is not exactly the same as the need to listen to a story. The need to tell a story can not be unconditionally based on the need to listen to the story and can not be said