Analyze The Image Of Father In Yu Hua’s Novel

Yu Hua is a famous contemporary writer, compared with other authors, Yu Hua is not aprolific writer, but his work does have high artistic value and research value.“Father” is acharacter image, which appeared frequently in his works, From the famous work LeavingHome at Eighteen to the latest work The Seventh Day,”Father” are indispensable charactersin the text, so analyze the image of father in Yu Hua’s Novel, is the breakthrough to study YuHua.In the80s, as the representative of the avant-garde literature, Yu Hua paid a cruelattention to “father”. In his works, there’s a number of cowardly, lewd, ugly, brutal “father”.Among these fathers, some are physical disability, the others are been hurt and lead topsychological distortion. Father can not give asylum to their children, but harm their childrenruthless. Yu Hua exposed the father’s dark and ugly.In the90’s, Yu Hua began to work in the “father” of salvation, the image of “father” inhis works has been greatly changed. Starting from the Cries in the Drizzle, Yu Hua began tocalling and looking for the image of tender “father”. Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and ToLive are two typical text which reconstruction the image of tender “father”. The brothers andThe Seventh Day shaped two great fathers, the figure of “father” become tall. We can dividethe father into four categories by analyzing different stages of father in Yu Hua’s works: theabsent father; ailing father; warmhearted father and strong father. From violent to warmth, theimage of father has greatly transformed. This transformation is affected by his childhoodexperiences, memories of the Cultural Revolution, the influence of the western literature andnew experiences. The unique “stepfather” phenomenon in Yu Hua’s long novels, is also aproblem I want to discuss.