Study On The Man-ghost Love Story In In Search Of The Supernatural

The traditional concept of immortal and ghost as well as the historical background ofwars and the system of feudal ethical code and family status together produce numerousman-ghost love novels, which implicitly reflects people’s longing for happiness and freedom.As a reflection of social society in the literary creation, the unique type of man-ghost storyhas profound social and cultural factors and values in different aspects, playing a connectingrole in literary history. In terms of content, it is able to build a story mode, so as to furtherexpress deep social ideological connotation; in terms of form, some articles are alreadyequipped with a complete structure of story and rough descriptive skills, though man-ghostlove does not exist in reality, it conveys deep cultural implication which deserves an in-depthstudy.This paper takes the man-ghost love story in In Search of the Supernatural as the objectof study, and it starts by tracing the origin of the man-ghost love, refines the type of storybased on the text, and then analyzes the formation of the man-ghost love story from aspects ofcontent setting and artistic characteristics. By combining with the complex historicalbackground, the paper conducts an in-depth study of the nature of love in man-ghost lovestory from cultural, social and literati’s psychological aspects.