“说故事”作为口头文学,其所具有的不确定性和极强的可塑性不仅风靡于中国的说书艺术中,而且还被一些华裔小说家借鉴为一种独特的叙事技巧。汤亭亭就是一个典型的代表。下文试图由克鲁巴特所诠释的美洲原住民文学出发,以汤亭亭的《女勇士》为例,从“说故事”的角度探讨这部作品的特色及其在作者建构自我上的特殊意义。 As an oral literature, storytelling ’s uncertainty and strong plasticity are not only popular in Chinese art of story - telling, but also borrowed from some Chinese novelists as a unique narrative technique. Kingston is a typical representative. The following attempts to explain the Native American literature by Kruppartt. Taking The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston as an example, this paper explores the characteristics of this work and the author’s special self-construction from the perspective of story-telling significance.