Marriage Phenomenon In Zhang Ling's Novels

Zhang Ling has no interest in family novels or historical novels, family's rise and fall or changes of history is only a background of the figures'fate or emotional changes, as she likes to use Wenzhou/Zaoxi as the home of her figures, marriage/love is the only thing she values the most. In this paper, after describing the features of marriage writing in Zhang Ling's novels, mainly using texts to explain the incomplete marriage and warm endings, there will be analysis of reasons of her marriage view. The conclusion is that her various life experience and Christian faith have influenced a lot to her concept of marriage and love. There are two innovations, first is using psychological theory to analyze the marriage/love phenomenon, and contacting with the reality; second is comparing Zhang Ling and Zhang Ailing,Yan Geling,Hong Ying in writing features. As a means to live, her marriage view is advisable, but as a means usually used in her novels, this kind of marriage view has disadvantages for a great writer.