Comment On The Biography Of Hero

The biography of hero is the first historical romance after the romance of thethree kingdoms.It has important influence on the creation and propagation ofstories.This thesis takes the biography of hero as its chief study.Interpreting itfrom many angels and many sides will help us not only understand this novelmore comprehensively and profoundly, but also give rise to attention andthinking of the historical romance in the Ming Dynasty.The thesis consists of five parts. The first chapter probes into social andmaterial base, cultural and psychological mechanism, by which the biography ofhero is produced, in order to recognize and grasp the manner of text generation ofthe biography of hero. The novel shows the inheritance of history tradition and thepursuit of the story interesting. The second part concentrates its efforts on existingversions of the Ming Dynasty and points out the differences among three versions.The third part inquiries into characterization features of the novel.The novelhighlights the main features of characterization in historical romance novel:eulogizing and praising positive characters,who are beautified in differentdegrees; weakening and defaming negative characters, and further more,analyzes the cultural connotation of the novel. The fourth part expounds narrativefocalization, narrative timing and narrative language, in order to deeplyunderstand the narrative art of the biography of hero. The fifth part probes into thesignificance and influence of the biography of hero, Which includes importantinfluence on folk music, demonstration significance of the dynasty of the historyof the novel and the pioneering role of the founding theme, and further more,points out its shortcomings and evaluates the biography of hero objectively andfairly, on the basis of the analyses on influence and shortcomings.