约翰.福尔斯的代表作《法国中尉的女人》堪称元小说的典范之作。福尔斯巧妙地运用元小说的技巧体现了小说的主题——自由。本文着眼于元小说技巧运用的另一大作用:引导读者获得前所未有的阅读自由。本文拟从多重灵活变换的叙事视角、时代错乱、多重开放式的结局三个方面对此进行论述。 John Fowles’s masterpiece, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, serves as an example of a metafiction. Fowles clever use of metafiction skills reflects the novel’s theme - freedom. This article looks at another use of metafiction techniques to guide readers to unprecedented levels of freedom of reading. This article intends to discuss this from three aspects: the narrative perspective of multiple flexible transformations, the confused times, and the multiple open ended.