中国古典小说千姿百态,受史传“尚实”审美观念的长期影响,中国古典小说形成了独特的叙事特征。在心理描写上极力排斥直白式的描述,叙事人称很少用第一人称,为了追求故事的真实性,在故事编排上具有强烈的时间意识,在叙事过程中往往融入非情节性的说明等。可以说,中国古典小说在叙事上富有很强的民族特色,本文主要从叙事时间、叙事空间、叙事结构及模式等方面来探讨其叙事特点。一、中国古典小说的时空叙事特色 Due to the long-term influence of the aesthetic concepts of historical biography and “Shang Shi”, Chinese classical novels have formed unique narrative features. In the description of psychological exclusion straightforward description, the narrative person rarely use the first person, in order to pursue the authenticity of the story, in the story of the arrangement has a strong sense of time, often in the narrative process into the non-emotional description. It can be said that Chinese classical novels have strong national characteristics in their narratives. This paper mainly discusses the narrative characteristics of narratives from narrative time, narrative space, narrative structure and mode. First, the time and space narrative characteristics of Chinese classical novels