The Bel-esprit And Beautiful Woman Novels Written By Tianhuazang-Zhuren And The Imperial Examinations

The bel-esprit and beautiful woman novels written by Tianhuazang-Zhuren are the embryonic novels of the bel-esprit and beautiful woman novels genre, and much study has been done on them. However, because of all kinds of reasons, the study is still not enough on the imperial examinations which are the important part of the novels. This dissertation tries to analyze the important realities between the imperial Examinations and the bel-esprit and beautiful woman novels written by Tianhuazang-Zhuren in the content and form.Besides introducing the author's life and his novels as well as the existing research achievements about them, the preface mainly brings up the main content of the dissertation.The main part of the dissertation contains five chapters.Chapter one: The general situation of the imperial examinations during the telophase of the Ming dynasty and the initial stages of the Qing dynasty and the author's inditing attitude toward it. It indicates that it is the consummating and solidifying as well as the comedown stage for the imperial examinations in the telophase of the Ming dynasty and the initial stage of the Qing dynasty. The author identified with the imperial examinations and was thirsty for succeeding in it but failed, so he cooked up a perfect world to comfort himself, at the same time brought forth his pretty pass.Chapter two: The social ethos of advocating to take part in the imperial examinations in the novels. The whole social are filled with the ethos of advocating to take part in the imperial examinations from themonarch to the parents and the other social estates.Chapter three: The bel-esprit's way of taking part in the imperial examinations. They are thirsty for succeeding in the imperial examinations. The author cooked up the bel-esprit's Utopian way of taking part in the imperial examinations,. They can succeed in the imperial examinations after seme frustration.Chapter four: Revealing and animadverting to the imperial examinations. He animadverted and denied the bug of the imperial examinations and the gloomy phenomena in the course of the enforcement of it, conveying his unique experience.Chapter five: The imperial Examinations and the narratation of the bel-esprit and beautiful woman novels written by Tianhuazang-Zhuren.The imperial examinations' action in the novels' narratation can not be neglected, it structures the novels' basal frame and it is the clew of the novels, at the same time it adjusts the novels' narrative rhythm, prescribes the novels' length.