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The Narration Of "the Cultural Revolution" In The Novels Of "the New Era"

Posted on:2008-02-28Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:H HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360278466524Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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This dissertation makes a detailed and whole study to the novels of"The Cultural Revolution"after 1976.In the eighties and ninties of Twentieth-century ,a great deal of novels which explore"The Cultural Revolution"form landscape of Chinese contemporary literature.In this dissertation,based on Narratology and socialism,using such theories as the Postmodern Historicism of Hayden White,Narratology of G.Genette,the Reader-response Criticism and Theory of Ideology,the author tries to probe into the Cultural Revolution Literature from the"new era"to now.The author also explores the profound impact of both novels to"The Cultural Revolution"and"era"to the Cultural Revolution Literature.So this dissertation makes a detailed and whole study to the relation of History and the novels about"The Cultural Revolution"from 1976 to today,by the influence in the social cultural area for the first time.It is the author's wish that this research could be a helpful edification for us to set up a healthy environment for the development and the flourishing of the Chinese Contemporary Literature. There are four chapters in this dissertation.Chapter one elaborates the realition of the"new era"Literature and"The Cultural Revolution".It focuses on discussing the realition coming into being which is between the"new era", the Literature of the"new era"and"The Cultural Revolution".Chapter two discusses the cultural circumstances and the narrative patterns of the novels of"The Cultural Revolution"for the past thiryies years which incloud the political narration and the eighties;the market narration and the ninties;which also incloud the transition between the eighties and the ninties.In theories, this chapter analyses the relation of History and the Narration.Capter three analyzes the discourse of narrative and the strategy of narration.The author of this dissertation attempts to make a deep interpretation on the strategy of comparing, the strategy of increasing and reducing to politic in general terms;He also analyzes the hidden collective creation and the personal discourse;the strategy that from the heroic characters to the heroic death and the other several style of narration, the strategy of post-modern.Capter four analyzes several novels which focues on the anticipation of"The era is the key factor,if you will tell a story."so the author put the research in the social cultural area, the study in the narrative characteristic and the analysis of the text together.this study focues on the literary works which are the sample of the novels on"The Cultural Revolution"such works as a compare between two eras,a new attempt on the Consciousness River ,Rewriting, Parody,the Game of discourse,the other novels which focusing on Irony,General Irony, Anti-structure,Revelry.The conclusion intends to disclouse the profound impact of an era upon the the novels on"The Cultural Revolution".It also intends to disclouse the difference between history writing by a novei and History . The conclusion here we draws is that History is telled for long.
Keywords/Search Tags:novels of"the New Era", narration of"The Cultural Revolution", the strategy of narration
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