Interleaving Humanity And Historical Writing In Yan Geling’s Novel

Yan Geling has always insisted on writing humanity and history in the light of the true,the good and the beautiful. That is very precious because historical writing doesn’t have thehistorical spirit and humanity spirit as it was envisioned in Chinese literature after1990s.Thispaper analyze the characteristics of Yan Geling’s novels and its significance to Chinesecontemporary literature by studying on Yan Geling’s novels and related Chinesecontemporary literary phenomena, beginning with studying of the humanity and historyinterleaving writing in her novels.The written starting point of humanity and history interleaving writing in Yan Geling’snovel is the cultural experience brought by the dual identity of Chinese immigrants. It makesher writing standpoint which deeps into the domestic and foreign experience of life and thereality of human nature, combination of the good literary theory in both China and the West,to look back the individual survival state in the history of Chinese. Literary world constructon this position have a kind of style that cannot be copied in Chinese contemporary literarylandscape.Humanity and history interleaving writing one hand reflected in her novels always tolook at the history of human eye, thinking into the evil and the virtue of the human nature,human dignity in the history writing. It focuses on the writing of the weak and the female whoare treated as the protagonist of historical writing.On the other hand, humanity and history interleaving writing reflects in the humandescription closely association with history in the novels. After a historical situation,historical view and historical spirit, humanity inquiry not only became more thick and deep,but also transcended the specific historical contexts, obtained the wisdom of life, got thesublimation of human hope. She described the historical reality, cruel and legend, especiallyearly Chinese immigration history in North America, which full of understanding andsympathy for the common humanity.The values inherent in humanity and history interleaving writing are the pursuit of truth,virtue and beauty, as a prominent feature of her novels. Despite some questions about itsaesthetic standpoint, this pursuit is still successful benefited from the novel narrative skills and the works of the human spirit height, so we can get the text readability and aestheticexperience both, just as the coexisting about the historical mining depth and the pursuit ofideal humanity.