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The Historical Narrative In Wang Xiaobo’s Literary Output

Posted on:2013-09-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q H LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330371991658Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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As a writer, Wang Xiaobo doesn’t gain a big prestige before his death. His creation ends abruptly because of sudden death while the discussion of his works is still to be continued. Wang Xiaobo’s works have a distinctive label of history, the structure of his stories are often beyond history and reality, bringing an ambiguous, paradoxical feeling. Relying on his historical narrative, the author finds useful tools. He uses jump history, fictional history and repeated restatement to run his own literary world and convey his ideas.This article is intended to start with details reading, trying to analyze and sort out the view of Wang Xiaobo’s historical narrative, grasp the historical narrative style of his works along the time, explore their artistic characteristics, restore their thinking, continue their argument, and build a whole new outlook over the creation of Wang Xiaobo.The first chapter’s analyze mainly on Wang Xiaobo’s early works which called the tale of Chinese. Tried to analyze the five coherent stories, pointing to the distinctive narrative techniques, digging out the relation to power, black humor, level, paradox and subversion. Just to explore the origin and formation of Wang’s historical narrative.The second chapter focused on the mature period of Wang xiaobo’s writing. Put "Time Trilogy" as a breakthrough, then explored the significance pursuit and the narrative mode of every aspect. Otherwise, it exploited the characteristics of historical narrative by means of a wealth of material, and made a classified summary.The third chapter analyzed the focus of Wang Xiaobo’s historical narrative in a total, concluding in two levels. One was the construction of the genealogy of Wang Er. The other one was the build of personal relationship. With the chart type classification, to clear the narrative intent of author, and summarized his historical narrative. Aimed at the develop direction of the era, made out a reflection.The concluding remarked, Wang Xiaobo’s historical narrative was not responsible for a meaning construction. All he had done, was a wish for his era, and constitute the causes and effects of the contemporary life, and wake up everyone’s sense of thinking. His atheistic style and discourse practice was full of experimental sprit, mixing a variety of ideas and techniques. Then he made his work as the front desk of confrontation and diversity, discrimination and inquiry. The paradigm of historical narrative that he pursued was commenced along a unique way of thinking. But pointed to the ideal country and the philosopher King. Therefore, from this perspective, Wang Xiaobo wasn’t the first person, also wasn’t the last one. The thinking and contending that brought from him, would last forever.
Keywords/Search Tags:historical narrative, generate, expand, the focal point
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