威廉·加斯是首次提出“元小说”一词的美国后现代派作家。他不仅在实践中展现元小说的创作技巧,还在理论上为元小说的创作提供有力依据。他的小说作品始终贯穿着艺术家如何创造并退隐到自己创造的世界这样一个元小说主题,在创作理论和实践手法上他强调小说的虚构性,重视文学作品中文字意义的变化,热衷玩弄语言游戏。集语言哲学教授、文学评论家和小说家于一身的加斯在不同领域,将自己喜爱的“元小说”进行到底,展现其无限的魅力。 William Gasis is the first American postmodern writer who proposed the term “novels.” He not only shows the creative technique of Yuan’s novels in practice, but also provides a powerful theoretical basis for the creation of Yuan’s novels in theory. His fiction works always run through the theme of a metafiction as how the artist created and retired to the world he created. He emphasizes the fictionality of the novel in creative theory and practice, emphasizes the change of the meaning of the Chinese characters in literary works, and is keen on playing the language game . Gaz, a professor of linguistic philosophy, a literary critic and a novelist, conducted his favorite “novels” in various fields to show his infinite charm.