《时间中的孩子》(1987)是英国作家伊恩·拉塞尔·麦克尤恩(Ian Russell McEwan1948—)一部重要的作品。它主要讲述的是年轻作家斯蒂芬·路易斯,自他三岁的女儿凯特丢失之后的生活。作品涉及了很多主题,如家庭问题、两性关系、童年在人生中的重要性以及时间的意义等等。其中时间既是小说的主题之一,也是凸显作品主题的重要媒介和手段。它在这部作品中被赋予深刻的含义。本文探讨了小说中的时间观、叙事时间以及心理时间等方面的问题,借此挖掘作品的时间主题,挖掘作品中的时间意义。 The Child in Time (1987) is an important piece by British writer Ian Russell McEwan (1948-). It mainly deals with the young writer Stephen Lewis, the life after the loss of his three-year-old daughter, Kate. The works cover many topics, such as family issues, gender relations, the importance of childhood in life, and the significance of time. Time is not only one of the themes of the novel, but also an important medium and means to highlight the theme of the work. It is given a profound meaning in this work. This article explores the time view, narrative time and psychological time in the novel so as to explore the time theme of the work and to excavate the time meaning in the work.