从某种意义上来说,术语众多和体系繁杂是叙事学研究人员(尤其是入门者)的主要困难所在。为此,他们迫切需要一部助其研究的参考书,以备案头之用。同时,为了进一步完备其学科体系、加速其研究的步伐,叙事学理应有专门的辞书、词典、手册、指南等参考书,以通天地人物之始之义。在叙事学参考书的建设上面,西方学者作出了难能可贵的努力。 In a sense, the large number of terminology and the complexity of the system are the main difficulties for narratology researchers, especially beginners. To this end, they urgently need a reference book to help their research, in order to prepare the record. At the same time, in order to further complete its disciplinary system and speed up the pace of its research, narrative theory should have a special dictionaries, dictionaries, manuals, guides and other reference books to the beginning of the characters of the world. In the construction of the reference books of narratology, western scholars have made remarkable efforts.