卡尔维诺在《时间零》中提出叙事中存在一个链接故事来龙去脉的时间中点,即时间零,并在后期创作中不断实践并完善这一理论。这一理论的产生既与20世纪以来科技进步、各类哲学思潮的兴起密不可分,同时更是小说艺术形式自身发展的异变要求。 Calvino proposed in “Time Zero” the midpoint of the existence of a link story in the narrative, that is, the time zero, and continuously practiced and perfected the theory in his later works. The emergence of this theory is both inseparable from the progress of science and technology and the rise of various philosophical trends of thought since the 20th century. At the same time, this theory is also an unexpected requirement for the development of the art form itself.