“元小说”是后现代主义的一个最基本的特征。“元小说”在英国著名作家约翰·福尔斯的杰出的代表作《法国中尉的女人》中有着鲜明的体现。约翰·福尔斯以小说为对象进行自我反思,他在创作小说的同时对自己的创作行为进行评论,从而把小说的叙事成规以及他的创作过程展示出来,也揭示了小说创作的人为性以及小说创作的虚构性。 “Novel ” is one of the most basic characteristics of postmodernism. “Novel ” in the famous British writer John Fowles outstanding masterpiece “French lieutenant woman” has a distinct manifestation. John Fors self-reflection on the novel for the novel, at the same time in his creation of novels to comment on their own creative behavior, so as to show the narrative of the novel and his creative process, but also reveals the artificial creation of novels as well as The Fictionality of Novel Creation.