本文从情节结构的角度分析了莫泊桑短篇小说的艺术特色,基于三个主要的结构要素点、线、面进行了探讨。莫泊桑的短篇常存在一核心点,形式丰富多样,常与主题相融合。在线索的提炼上,莫泊桑的短篇主要分以时间和以逻辑为线索两种,各具特色,情节转换自然合理,通篇连贯统一。在“面”的扩展方面,莫泊桑主要采用两种方式,以逻辑为线索时,主体情节内部常又包含两到三个小情节,体现出层次性和空间感;以时间为线索时,主体情节却极其简洁,平地而起,瞬间回落,又充满力量。 This article analyzes the artistic features of Maupassant short stories from the perspective of plot structure, and discusses the three major structural elements of point, line and surface. Maupassant short stories often exist in a core point, rich and varied forms, often with the theme of integration. In clues to refine, Maupassant’s short main points in time and logic as two clues, each with its own characteristics, the plot conversion is natural and reasonable, throughout the coherent unity. In terms of the extension of “face ”, Maupassant mainly adopts two ways. When using logic as clues, the inside of the subject often contains two or three smaller episodes, which reflect the hierarchy and the sense of space. When time comes as a clue, The plot is extremely simple, from the ground up, an instant fall, but also full of power.