语言是小说存在的家园。一部(篇)小说一旦形成,其语言便是它的有机体,成为传达作家精神、思想、审美品格的特殊的难以剥离的外在形式和状况。由此可以说,语言是小说的第一要素。那么,作为小说第一要素的语言具有什么特征呢?清醒地认识这个问题,对解读小说语言乃至整部(篇)小说都是极为重要的。以往众多的小说理论著作往往把小说语言只简约地表述为:准确、鲜明、生动、形象。依据一定的历史参照,这样的概括当然不能算错;但是,作为应用语言的一个特殊分支,小说语言毕竟是一个十分复杂的社会现象。在我看来,小说与其它艺术门类不 Language is the home of the novel. Once a piece of novels has been formed, its language is its organism, and it becomes a peculiar peculiar hard-to-peel external form and condition that conveys the writer’s spirit, thought and aesthetic character. It can be said that language is the first element of the novel. So, what is the characteristic of the language as the first element of the novel? A clear understanding of this issue is extremely important for the interpretation of the language of the novel as well as the whole novel. In the past a large number of theoretical works of novels often simply described the novel language as: accurate, vivid, vivid, image. However, as a special branch of applied language, the language of fiction is, after all, a very complicated social phenomenon. In my opinion, fiction and other art categories do not