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This book systematically studies the artistic innovation of modern Chinese novels in the past century from the field of narratology, proposes the concept of crazy narrative, and summarizes three crazy narrative modes: narrative of crazy people, narrative of madmen, and carnival narrative. As a unique narrative art, crazy narrative has always followed the occurrence and development of modern Chinese novels. It has realized the transformation of modern Chinese novels from both content and form, changed the simplification and mechanization of the artistic image setting of traditional Chinese novels, and also changed the single-line or linear narrative mode of plot construction. The emergence of this narrative mode is an impact and subversion of conventional writing methods that are good at rationality. Its deep narrative expectation is to achieve anti-orthodox and anti-conventional purposes through the transformation of narrative methods. Crazy narrative is a proactive choice made by modern Chinese literati in the face of profound changes in social reality and in-depth exchanges of Chinese and foreign literature over the past century. It reflects the courage and ideas of modern Chinese intellectuals in pursuing independence and innovation.