Concerning And Transcending The Reality In Liuxinglong Novels

In order to recognize the creative concept and the spirits about the reality in the novels of Liuxinglong, the author through close reading the text based on her own reading experience and finished this thesis. It was composed by five parts: introduction, conclusion, and the body which was consist of the other three parts.In the introduction, author introduced the position of Liuxinglong and his novels in the literature field, then gave a brief summary about the current situation of studying Liuxinglong novels. Finally she pointed out the study direction of this thesis.The first chapter took 1980s works of Liuxinglong as study subject, which was divided into two parts. The first part discussed two characteristics in creating novels at this period. In the culture direction his novels are similar to the seeking root literature; both of them expect to present a kind of ancient culture through mythology, legend, illusion, custom and forest. In the form he drew support from the current popular techniques of the preliminary narration, narrative trap setting. In the second part author discussed the deep implication of the works and showed us with the theme of concerning about the reality in an obscure allegory way. The second part also discussed in two directions: the old man symbolizes the tradition and the allegorized reality.In the second chapter author pointed out the characteristics of Liuxinglong's novels in 1990s which were directly face the reality. After 1990s the novels of Liuxinglong had finished a great transformation: his concerns from mythology, legend, illusion, custom and forest to the worldly people and events. His novels have become a mark of returning to the realism. Through concerning about two types people: lower level officials and the common people, his novels expressed the deep concern to the reality. At this time the works of Liuxinglong concerned not only the physical but also the psychological state of the common people. The body was divided into thee parts. In the first part author analyzed the rotten life of the lower level officials and fully displayed the kaleidoscopic pictures, then analyzed the writer's attitude to these corruptions and the deep causes which made him to produce the attitude. In the second part the author discussed the human nature radiance which reflected in the common people's choiceless life. Firstly she argued the personality of the common people: the man is persistent and the woman is gentle and merciful. Secondly, she discussed the spiritual state of the common people: the concerns of the soul, the fate and the contradiction of the leaving and waiting, the hope and disappointment. In the third part author analyzed the natural style of the novel based on the language and narrative model of this period.In the third chapter, author took the representative work shengtianmengkou as an example to discuss the structure of the novel and pointed out the novel had transcended the reality on the basis of the reality, and then he carried out the rational contemplation on history and reality. Firstly, author, comparing shengtianmengkou with other revolutionary historical novels, pointed out that the novel shengtianmengkou expressed a kind of form and value aspiration to the history. Secondly, author made a further discussion and argued about the deep implication. Through the allegorized story the writer expressed his understanding of the history, reality and life, placed his concern on the society and fulfilled the transcendence of the reality. He expressed a kind of formal aspiration namely the benevolence is human's dream, aspiration and happiness.In the conclusion, author made a brief summary of the thesis and argued about the insufficient of Liuxinglong's novels and prospected on his creating.