自从美国学者韦恩·布思提出“隐含作者”概念后,很快就在叙事理论界引起了极大反响,并为许多学者所接受。不过笔者认为“隐含作者”这一概念只是一个假说,而非科学定义。探究了该概念的起源及由此而产生的问题和争议,通过具体文本的实例分析证明“隐含作者”并不存在。认为这一概念无助于叙述文本的分析研究,应予以彻底放弃。 Since the American scholar Wayne Booth proposed the concept of “implied author,” it quickly aroused great repercussions in the field of narrative theory and was accepted by many scholars. However, I think the concept of “implied author” is only a hypothesis, not a scientific definition. Explores the origin of the concept and the problems and controversies arising from it, and proves that the “implied author” does not exist through the case study of specific texts. To think that this concept is not conducive to the analysis of narrative texts should be completely abandoned.