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The Legendary Narrative And Life Experience

Posted on:2014-01-19Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:X JiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1225330398965091Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
Abstract/Summary:
Li Shoumin was a controversial writer that we cannot ignore. He had created40novels, nearly1700words, especially the romantic fantasy "Shushan" series ofsupernatural fictions. These are wonderful fictions that unprecedented in modern literaturehistory. They are precious wealth."Shushan" series of supernatural fictions in the grandstructure, with fantastic imagination, broad and profound thought, consciousness of mythshow us a vast, endless Fantasy Fairy Magic World, has an important influence on the laterchivalric fiction writer."Shushan" series of supernatural fictions centered on "Shushanknight-errant swordsman biography", include a total of31novels."Shushan" series of novels have been "be a wild legend","be invented" criticism, thiscriticism comes first from the "novel" two words because of misunderstanding the conceptis not clear and the causes. Ancient Chinese traditional novels from the start withcharacteristics of "fantastic","fantastic" novel theory is considered "original Chinese novelcriticism". Although Chinese novels with "preach" and "admire history" two characters, the"legend" is the narrative characteristics of Chinese traditional novels. The legendarynarrative refers to "do a magic word","curiosity" illusory color, construct the fantasy worldof imagination,"no singularity does not pass, the record of a narrative mode and historicalnarrative with no structure mode not strange" described in the. Legend on the other hand isan east-west "heterogeneous isomorphism", and the novel significantly different literarystyles, the protagonist’s action rise above the common herd but still belongs to the category,the myth prototype can also slightly shift can exist."Shushan" series of novels with distinctive style: the legendary narrative demonizing weapons, magic spells, all kinds of popular, rich characters with different mythologicalarchetype, and become the narrative object scenic more and the myth of com., with poeticconception. On one hand, the "curiosity","no wonder not pass" the legendary narrativetradition, meet the reader’s aesthetic pleasure, one hand is the large number of myth andarchetypal art show, the readers in the subconscious desire, ideal, longing and fear,stimulate aesthetic more strongly to enjoy."Shushan" series of novels "revenge" as thedriving force to advance the story, has a "doomsday" religion meant. Growth of a hero isborn, disaster, adventure, the apprentice, revenge, soaring six phase, and with the "origin,"characters "birth myth","treasure," primary care "unexpected treasure","Cave Adventure","offence" plot mode. On the one hand,"legend" to get the reader’s surprise and love, on theone hand,"myth" to get the reader’s identity, the two complement each other, is integrated.And close to popular literature narrative features the legendary narrative, and "structure inthe form of endless", is to maximize the aesthetic pleasure and enjoyment of the arts, letthe novel enduring, lead a person to endless aftertastes."Shushan" series of supernatural fiction not only in narrative text legend and fantasyarchetype sparked readers aesthetic enjoyment greatly, and finally, based on the limited lifeof anxiety, in the spirit of tragedy and suffering Artist as the backing, reveals the tragic lifeexperience for the reader, and the broad and profound, a system of Philosophy of life,showing people suffering in the framework of destiny unremitting struggle, the tragic lifeof the architecture from bondage, to transcend their own destiny, to transcend the limits oflife, a strong consciousness of myth, can be called a "myth and legend".
Keywords/Search Tags:Li Shoumin, Swordsmen from Shushan, Supernatural fictions, LegendNarrative, Myth Criticism, Life Experience
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