《皮埃尔》是19世纪美国著名作家赫尔曼·麦尔维尔中后期创作的一部颇有争议的小说。学界一般认为这是一部糟糕的作品,其问世毁坏了作者在读者心目中的形象,但笔者在深入阅读这部著作时发现,麦尔维尔以含混为题不无道理,这是由小说本身的叙事机制决定的。此文认为麦尔维尔带着某种意图创作了这部小说,虽因主题沉重和文风晦涩为世人所诟病,但开创了第一人称叙事中的第三人称视角,在一定程度上扩展了作品的阅读空间,显示出独特的叙事格调。 “Pierre” is a controversial novel written by mid-late nineteenth-century American famous writer Herman Melville. The academic community generally considered this a bad work, whose appearance destroyed the author’s image in the reader’s mind. However, when I read this book in depth, it was found that Melville’s ambiguity was not justified by the novel itself The narrative mechanism of the decision. This article considers that Melville created this novel with some intention. Although it was criticized by the world for its heavy subject and obscure style of writing, Melville pioneered the third-person perspective in the first-person narration and expanded the reading of his works to a certain extent Space, showing a unique narrative style.