捷裔法籍作家米兰·昆德拉既是一位存在意识较为强烈的小说家 ,也是一位有着明晰小说史观的批评家。本文分析了昆德拉在其小说与理论中表达的小说史观念。昆德拉认为 ,小说史不同于一般的历史 ;强调小说审美价值与小说发现精神的连续性 ,成为昆德拉小说史观的根本立场。这一立场具有二重含义 :其一 ,小说史具有时间上的连续性、顺延性 ,现代小说因此而成为一个历时性艺术整体 ;其二 ,小说史具有空间上的扩展性、绵延性 ,“欧洲小说”由此成为一个不可分割的共时性艺术整体。昆德拉的小说史观 ,除了体现出他作为小说家特有的实践意识外 ,还与他对小说现状与命运的忧思密切相关 The Czech-French writer Milan Kundera is both a novelist with a strong sense of existence and a critic who has a clear-cut history of fiction. This article analyzes Kundera ’s concept of novel history expressed in his novels and theories. Kundera holds that the history of novels is different from the general history, and emphasizes the continuity of the aesthetic value of the novels and the discovery of the spirit of the novel, which becomes the fundamental position of Kundera’s novels. This position has two meanings: First, the history of novels has the continuity of time, delaying, modern novels thus become a diachronic art whole; Second, the history of the novel has spatial expansibility, stretchability, European novel "thus becomes an indivisible synchronic art whole. Kundera’s concept of novel history, in addition to reflecting his unique practical consciousness as a novelist, is closely related to his contemplation of the current situation and fate of the novel