Feilding's Theory Of Comic Prose Epic And It's Practice In The History Of Tom Jones, A Founding

The British novel rose and development since 18th-century. As a fiction of prose style, novel has not yet become "art" at this time and it seemed not to be received by Mainstream culture. But as a new style, with its vivid, humorous language and being close to the people, novel was accepted and loved by the public widely. Daniel Defoe and Richard's works can be called novel work foundation. Henry Fielding, whose works represented the 18th-century British realistic novels of the highest achievements, his novel theory and creative practice of the British novel play an important role for the developed and function of novel. He occupied a very important status in the British novel history. Fielding proposed the theory of "a comic epic-poem in prose " ,which consolidated the historical status of the novel, his splendid art practice also paved the way for this kind of emerging literary style.Entering point of this article is the theory construction of Fielding's theory of comic epic-poem in prose. It analysis and evaluates The History of Tom Jones, A Founding epical, comedy characteristics and realism achievements, with a view to better grasp the Fielding 's representative. At the same time to strengthen the deepening of understanding and analysis of the theory of a comic epic-poem in prose by the way to text intensiveChapter I, novel creation from Fielding course of their epic prose ridiculous theory by trying to establish the process. This was followed by analysis of what is funny prose epic, and its theoretical basis and find features. We could understand Feilding's proposition in creation of realism novel, which takes the theory of a comic epic-poem in prose as the core.Chapter II, it explores Feilding's theory of comic prose epic in prose from the aspect of The History of Tom Jones, A Founding epic. On the view of the chapter structure, The History of Tom Jones, A Founding have large-scale epic stylistic characteristics. At the same time it mimic an epic story building skillfully refined framework, the most important epic "story inserted the words" and the "Discovery" in use. Both has with the epic poem this literary style similarity, simultaneously and manifests the epic poem literary style surmounting.Chapter III, it explores Feilding's theory of comic prose epic from the aspect of The History of Tom Jones, A Founding comedy. The comedy performances of a comic epic-poem in prose are setting comic plots, comic character image-building and comic language that taking the satire as a main key.Chapter IV, it explores Feilding's theory of comic prose epic from the aspect of The History of Tom Jones, A Founding realism composition. It shows the reality of a new style of achievements, one of the 18th century British countryside and the city's luxury living picture of the display, on the other hand, in the characterization of the Aesthetic Realism principle. Under the realism creation principle, the novel and the epic poem, the comedy has achieved the good union.Conclusion is about how to correctly view achievements and limitations of Feilding and the theory of comic prose epic, as weft as, Fielding works and literary theory in the history of the significance of literature.