尽管小说作为一种文学体裁类型无论在中西都已经有足够长的存在历史,但关于究竟何谓小说这一问题,却始终处于众说纷纭的状态,一直都没有能够形成某种一致的共识。然而,无论存在怎样的争议与分歧,小说既是一种形式的造物,同时也是一种精神的载体,恐怕却是不同立场的人们都能够接受的一种看法。关于小说,诺奖得主帕慕克曾经有这样一种说法:“小说的中心是一个关于生活的深沉观点或洞见, Although the novel as a type of literary genre has a long history of existence both in China and the West, the issue of what is meant by novels has always been in a divergent view and no consensus has been formed. However, no matter what kind of controversy and disagreement exists, the novel is both a form of creation and a carrier of spirit, but it is probably a view acceptable to all people in different positions. On the novel, Nobel Prize winner Pamuk once said: ”The center of the novel is a deep point of view or insight about life,