A Study On The Image Of "the Fool" In Novels After The Medium-term Of The New Era Preface

After the medium-term of the new era, many novels describe fools. It forms a unique trend in literature. Fools are defined form the physiological perspective in daily life. However, the fool in this paper is an artistic image. Expect for the morbidity in physiological aspect and spiritual aspect, it is rich in philosophic thought and artistic features.This paper goes deep into the image of fools described in the new period from the following aspects: the origin of the subject on fools and realistic reasons of its formation; the analysis of the aesthetic appreciation on fools; the significance of reflecting the thought depicting fools.1,The Origin of the Subject on Fools and Realistic Reasons of its Formation in the New EraUnder the influence of Taoist thought, the studies on fools became popular gradually in Chinese literature. This kind of character is mainly recorded in ancient history storied, folk stories and apologues. The narrative forms with different features greatly impact on the novels which describe fools.At the same time, it is the studies on the image of fools in western literature that make such kind of novel so fascinating. The realistic meaning and aesthetic style of the works are of variation since their coming into being. After analyzing such studies, it is discovered that the society confronts changes and reform if many images of fools are expressed in a large number of literature works at the same period. The appearance of such a character in Chinese contemporary literature also has the same feature. While this is only the initial amalgamation of western and Chinese studies on fools. Novels describe fools in new period reflects their perfect amalgamation.The emergence of novels describe fools has its unique realistic and aesthetic preconditions. It is also closely related with social background and literature thought at that time.2,The Analysis of the Aesthetic Appreciation on FoolsFools ware refused by society since the story"Fool Boat"was circulated in the late middle Ages. So fools are endowed with more tragic characteristics in many works. The image of fools implies the humanistic and social tragedy because they are disabled and have no ability to speak normally or correctly. Besides, the novels do not describe the looks of fools, even their names. Fools become abstract symbols consequently. Writers use them to symbolize other meanings, such as meat, breast and other images.3,The Significance of Reflecting the Thought Depicting FoolsReading the novels describe fools and their images, we can find that they have something in common, namely, all these novels narrate the history, and all the fools emerge in the turmoil historical setting.Besides, the image of fools symbolizes cultural information. The authors do like this aiming at inspiring traders to reflect culture.By depicting these two characters, Bing Zai and Wang Yisheng, Han Shaogong and A Cheng express harmonious thought perfectly. Many images of fools embody multiplex culture, for instance, Wang Yisheng, Tu Si. To think about the image of fools means that the writer reflects the multiplex culture in the new period.In the late of 1980s, the expansion of material pursuance and emptiness in spiritual pursuance make humanity unbalanced. Thus, promoting human spiritual belief becomes the responsibility of each serious writer. However, it is hard to find such kind of writer and works which go deep into soul in such a tumultuous era. Whereas, the profound and unique theme of novels which describe fools is so attractive and moving. It is such kind of works that lead us to understand the complex society thoroughly.