On The Deconstruction Of Ah Wei 's Novels

Ai Wei, one of the Chinese writers born in the1960s, entered the literary worldin the1990s and joined the force of hero deconstruction under the impact ofcommodity tide and unique childhood experiences, which therefore makes it possibleto offer us a better and distinct understanding of the promising young writer if hisnovels are analyzed in terms of hero deconstruction.The thesis consists of five parts. The first part expounds onAi Wei’s achievementand literary overview and analyzes cultural context of the deconstructed heroes. Herodeconstruction has been a new method of ideology criticism and strengthened byeconomy growth surges together with expansions in heroism inherent contradictions,which contribute to the hero deconstruction cultural context. Chapter One explicatestypes and features of the deconstructed heroes. Specifically, heroes rising from wars,creating wealth in the1980s and1990s are lofty and noble while also despicable anddishonorable. Related novels deconstruct their natural motives, noble personality butmoving and tragic life endings by presenting heroes’ full life paths, in which herocentrality and nobility, more importantly, are deconstructed in particular by comparingthe differences between hero and Madonna. Chapter Two explains the writer’snarrative method under the framework of Hillis Miller’s narrative line theory andRepetition Theory. The initial uncertainty expands narrative vision and perspectives tothe benefit of text inside-and outside-time information delivery, laying a solidfoundation for hero deconstruction and the multiple possibilities in the end, however,reveal the essentiality of hero existence, and deconstruction. The duality inhierarchical discourse structure and in narrative perspective together with variousdialogic relations leads to narrative line’s complexity and inconsistency, backgroundpluralism and hero multi-facets. Three types of repetition in novel are respectivelyrepetition in details, in events, characters and settings of the same work, and inmotives, themes, characters or events of different works, positively uncovering heroand breaking stereotypical hero aesthetics rules. Two forms of repetition in novel areidentity repetition and discrepancy repetition in favor of overturning hero image and promoting hero secularization, plebification and ethicalization. Chapter Threedemonstrates the literature revelation on hero deconstruction. For one thing the writerfocuses on people in daily life instead of in wars, depicting normal, common humannature to justify daily routine narrative. For another, the revolution, and society, innovel are both a combination of light and dark, good and evil, helping readersunderstand the nature of revolution and society in depth. And more insightfully, whenhero looks back on history mist and faces reality bleakness, he will have to sufferfrom pains and fall into the abyss of nihilism. Hero is human’s epitome and hero’sdilemma is also human’s.That is nihilism of human existence.The last partsummarizes hero deconstruction.