时间和空间是事物存在的两个重要维度。“空间是物质存在的广延性,时间是物质运动的持续性和顺序性。”(1)小说作为时间艺术的文学,时间因素和时间表现一直是小说表现的一个重要维度。时间表现在传统小说中占据了重要的位置。“传统小说的情节结构是从混沌的现象世界里发现因果的链条,依循自然时空的序列在小说中建构因果关系,再现社会生活,使读者的欣赏过程秩序井然。”(2)随着现代社会的发展,人们对时空的感知体验发生了变 Time and space are two important dimensions of the existence of things. “Space is the extension of material existence, and time is the continuity and order of material movement.” (1) Literature as a time art, time factor and time performance has always been an important dimension of novel performance. Timetables now occupy an important place in traditional novels. “The plot structure of traditional novels is to find the chain of causation from the chaotic phenomenal world, construct the causal relationship in the novel according to the sequence of natural time and space, and reproduce the social life so that the reader’s appreciation process is well-ordered.” (2) The development of modern society, people’s perception of time and space has changed