Research On Water Margin Character

Searching of creating characters is an important part in probing into the law of novel artby classical novel criticism. The figure is control centre and heart of novel-creating, anddepicting the nature of the character is the main feature. Successes of a novel depend on thecreation of real vivid typical image. The biggest achievement of "Water Margin" is that"written out108kinds of characters" Taking a panoramic view of literary works before or inthe same age of "Water Margin" all of them took the narration as the main line, with theimage-shaping including in. However,"Water Margin" made unique way, which is spreadingout the story by the patter of each person’s biography. For the development of ChinsesClassical Novels, this transform of the focus from narration to image-shaping has anepoch-making significance.Born in late Yuan and Ming dynasty,"Water Margin" is different from novels in Wei, Jinand Tang dynasty. The difference is the transform of the focus in the novel’s construction,which is the model from narration to image-shaping. This is one of the most notable artfeatures of "Water Margin" in the history of classical novels. In addition, the unprecedentedart accomplishment obtained by "Water Margin", also contained the building of characters,relationship, the shaping of the individual image and the hero-group image, and the skill offigure-description, all these factors produced the huge effect on literature in later ages.