On Rewritting Narrative Text

Chinese writers have token a part in the global publishing project of "a bold re-telling of legendary tales". There are many arguments about the project and the Chinese novels of the project. It’s puzzled writers that, how to value the ancient legend in a contemporary view, and how to inherit the eternal spirits of classic narrative text by using contemporary discourses. In other words, they should think over of how to re-tell the classic narrative text as well as develop it. During the literature creative experience, retelling a narrative text has been a way of writing, and has been criticized from many viewpoints. The criticisms are focused on the way to rewrite the narrative text and the purpose of it.In order to define the research object, we should first tease out the history of the development context of re-telling narrative text. During this process, it can be found that form the classic narratology to the after classic narratology, the key of text rewritten shift from story structure to narrative discourse. If horizontaly analysis the narrative text rewritten, taking it into account that the source text is a stabilizing factor of creating a literature work, according to the type of source text, rewriting a narrative text can be exhaustively divided into three types:rewrite the myths and legends, folk tales rewrite and rewrite classic narrative text.Different rewrite methods also applie to different types of narrative texts. In the plot structure and the relationship between characters in myths, legends and folk tale, often have cultural implied, as they were retained in a lot of rewriting. To analysis the story of a narrative text by using the classical theory of narratology, the type, quantity and behavior of a role are the active factor in the plot. Only minor adjustment is able to change the complexity of the plot and story background. When the causal relationship of the role further abstracted as doer mode, it will be found that, to adjust or change the characters relationship in the story, will change the theme of the story as well. Narrative discourse is the most destabilly in the process of description. In the classic narrative text which the narrator is more prominent, it’s necessary to study of the discourse by using post-classic theory of narratology. Narrative discourse can be contemplated from three part, the language, genres and media. Different languages, genres and media forms means different cultural field, different narrative logic and symbols, and the different performance capabilities of media. Discourse Service to the narrative aim. The key of narrative behavior lies in the the selection of narrative perspective and presentation of time and space in a narrative text, change these two factors will help to convey the narrator’s intent.Finally, the value of narrative re-writing has been discussesd from three aspects. From a cultural perspective, rewritten narrative text is cultural inheritance with critical attitude. While inheriting and developing, the text itself has also form a meaningful field, while the writers’ rewritting construct the discourse field. By deconstruction rewritten, the author attempted to subvert the original values, so he taken rewritten text as a weapon of speech. The narrative also has entertainment and aesthetic functions, rewritten narrative text, especially the commercialization of rewriting the narrative text will affect the reading of public. But the narrative is essentially the exchange based on trust, understanding and emotional authenticity, So the the narrative text copy generates by program is still a one-time ce production of consumption.