Research On The Postmodern Characteristics Of Calvino's Novel Narrative

Italo Calvino is a shining star that can' t be ignored in the 20 th century Western literary circle.His creation has a profound influence on the Western world and even the whole world.Postmodern characteristic is important feature of Calvino's novels narrative.Traditional novel narrative focuses on the linearity of time,completeness of the story plot and the typicality of the characters.However,Calvino's novel narrative breaks the traditional model and using peculiar creative methods to create an inexhaustible rich art for readers.He devoted his life to the exploration and innovation of novel creation and theory,and explored the infinite possibilities of novel art with a unique narrative way.Calvino's postmodern methods of creation opened up the narrative space and possibility of novels,and created an unparalleled masterpiece in the field of word literature.Calvino pondered the essence of social life and the universe through philosophical thinking,thus showing the novelty features of social life and the universe.His novel constantly shows people new aesthetic fields,attracts reader's attention and gives deep enlightenment.This thesis consist of five parts: introduction,text(1-3chapters),conclusion,reference and appendix.The introduction part explains the reasons for the topic selection,the research situation,the research methods and the significance of the research.In the first chapter summarizes and explains Calvino and the reasons for the formation of postmodern consciousness in his novels.Explained the formation of postmodern narrative in his works from the influence of social life,philosophical thoughts and other writers.In the second chapter is based on the core content of Calvino's postmorden creation theory,such as lightness,speed,accurate,vivid image and diverse content.The specific creation theory explains his specific novel aesthetics,thus discussing the manifestation of Calvino's novels postmodern character in the text.In the third chapter discusses the postmodern characteristics of Calvino's novel narrative.Mainly from the view of time and space,the unique narrative methods and the ingenious use of narrative person to explore.The conclusion part theoretically summarizes the whole thesis,elaborates the core of the argument.