Study On Spatial Narrative Of Singer’s Novels

Isaac Bashevis Singer is a famous contemporary American Jewish writer. He portraysPolish Jewish world of the17th century to the20th century with Yiddish vividly. By theremembrance and reflection of Jewish tradition, Singer not only presents the Jewish historyand life visually, also expresses his fervent hope on the Jewish future. In order to dig out thegeneral structure of Singer’s novels and reveal his delicate narrative, show his novels’inherent morality, ethics, religion, humanity, and the special thinking of many socialproblems, explore the unique literary value of his novels in the framework of the spatialnarrative theory. Essay attempts to explore the narrative space of Singer’s novels, therelationship between time and space, and the profound meaning and aesthetic value of spatialnarrative base on the novels within the integrated use of spatial narrative theories.Essay includes three sections as below: introduction, main body and conclusion. Theintroduction explains at first basis of selecting the title, the present domestic and overseascondition, research methods and innovations. The essay has been incorporated by threechapters. The first chapter discusses the carefully constructed Jewish spaces, explore Singer’sexploration on the background and environment, Jewish history and culture, also the innerworld of the Jews. The second chapter research on Singer’s handling skills of therelationships between time and space. Analyze how he strengthens the meaning of space fortext, and expands narrative art effect from the perspective of space and time. The thirdchapter expatiate the value of spatial narrative. Present the charm of the Jewish tradition byanalyzing the paradox characteristics of Jewish culture. And explore the beneficial road of theJews in modern society by deeply considering of the subject of contemporary culturecontacts.Singer’s novels are highly personalized in terms of spatial narrative, and full of profoundideological level and artistic level. In short, through the analysis, argument and explanations,the essay seeks to reflect Singer’s novels spatial characteristics and deepen the study ofSinger’s narrative, reveal the deep ideological content and artistic charm of his novels.