Chi Zijian Minority Writing

Chi Zijian's novel "the right bank of the Argun river" has made recognized achievements in the Chinese literature. As a writer of Han ethnic, in this novel, Chi Zijian with her "the other" identity, describes the changes of Ewenki's nearly one hundred years'history. This is very impressive. Combined with Chi Zijian's 20 years of creation, it is not difficult to find that Chi Zijian's writing about the northern ethnic minorities is an very important part of her works. However, the research on Chi Zijian's description of the minority is not enough.The thesis discusses Chi Zijian's minority writing from the vision of his "the right bank of the Argun river".In "the right bank of the Argun river", Chi Zijian fully describes the Ewenki's history, cultural and ethnic customs. This work's national literature and cultural content can be researched from different viewpoints and different perspectives. This thesis analyzes three aspects of the work, say, the accumulation of the emotion, feeling and expression, and the lingering charm of the work."The right bank of the Argun river" contains deep emotion. The most prominences are the deeply love about the nature and native land, broad and deep concern to humanity, the sentiment about modern civilization. Because of the deeply love about the natural and native land, the work is highlighted by a kind of concern about the vast forest where Ewenki people dwell. Because of the broad and deep concern to humanity, the work shows thoughtfulness and cares about the Evenki's ethnical life state and mental state. Because of the sentiment about modern civilization, the work shows deeply thought about the minority in the current state. All of these sincerities make the novel seem rich and profound."The right bank of the Argun river"'s success in the writing showed that Chi Zijian, by all her efforts, has achieved the emotional realization of Ewenki and integrate into the Evenki culture as a "the other". Such an emotional realization, through the novel's narration, has been perfectly expressed and then creates the work's implication. The novel's narrative perspective, narrative pace and narrative structure have its characteristics. Using children, idiot, animals or old female chief as her novel's narrative perspective, it reflects a kind of richness and novelty and gives the readers a strong emotional response. In the process of narration, the author subtly seizes the text's reappearance and conversion. At the same time, the author rationally restraints her emotion, so as to presents a very tensile emotion rhythm. The author is also good at using blocking and dual-space to form a unique and ingenious of narrative structure so that the novel's emotion can be fully expressed and then the work's artistry can be enhanced."The right bank of the Argun river" also focuses on creating poetry, so the work had unique delight and charm. So moving that the novel's perfect blend of nature and human, desolate and mysterious flatus, poetic and tragic death, it opens a vivid and moving picture about the life of ethnic minority for us. We can see the original and actual human nature. Meanwhile, we can touch the pulse of the minority culture; also it leaves us lingering charm.