海洋文化对晚清小说创作产生了广泛而深远的影响，这一时期出现多篇涉海题材小说作品。晚清文人自撰涉海小说至少有81篇(部)，从小说艺术层面进行考察可知，与传统涉海小说相比，这些作品在继承的同时呈现出明显的突破与创新，主要集中于三个方面：体现海洋文化和时代心理的时空设置、海岛(异域)奇遇式情节模式的晚清书写、由想象和虚幻到注重写实的叙事笔法。探讨晚清涉海小说的艺术表现，有助于我们从特定视角认识、理解和研究晚清小说创作。

Ocean culture had a broad and profound influence on the creation of fictional stories in the late Qing Dynasty, leading to the emergence of many maritime-themed works during this period. At least 81 novels or stories about the sea were written by late-Qing literati. From an examination of the artistic aspects of these works, it is clear that they exhibited significant breakthroughs and innovations while also informed by the traditional maritime literature. Such features are manifested in three aspects: the temporal and spatial setting that reflects ocean culture and the contemporary psyche, the late Qing writing of island (exotic) adventures, and the narrative techniques that shifts from imagination and fantasy to a focus on realism. Examining the artistic expression of the late-Qing maritime-themed novels and stories can help us understand and study the creation of fictional stories in the late Qing Dynasty.