1. This paper holds that there were three kinds of narrativetenses in the novel, "Border Town", namely, the past tense, the present tense and the future tense.
本文以为《边城》文本在叙事语态上存在三种时态，即过去之事、现在之事、未来之事。
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2. In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.
在叙述过程中，间接引语的动词通常用过去式。
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3. Present tense is a unique narrative way in the modern historical fiction. It extracts the historical background, makes the story show on the real stage, and the long old past have a modern sense.
4. Present tense is a unique narrative way in the modern historical fiction. It extracts the historical background, makes the story show on the real stage, and the long old past have a modern sense.
