在文学创作领域中,小说历来是备受关注的文体之一。小说创作的现状展现出文学创作的态势,一定程度上反映出中国社会转型中文学的走向。为此,我们组织了有关2002年度小说创作的一组笔谈,意在分别从短篇、中篇、长篇小说创作的回眸,观照2002年国内小说创作的总体状况,以促进小说创作的进一步繁荣。 In the field of literary creation, the novel has always been one of the most closely watched genres. The present situation of novel creation shows the trend of literary creation, to a certain extent, it reflects the trend of Chinese literature in social transformation. To this end, we organized a series of written speeches on the creation of novels in 2002, aiming to review the general situation of domestic novel writing in 2002 from the review of short, medium and novel creation, and promote the further prosperity of novel creation.