Carnivalization And Enlightenment

Carnivalesque is a kind of special language or symbolic system consisting of humor factors. The main spirit is to subvert hierarchy, advocate open and equal dialogue. Carnivalesque contains vulgarized square language, symbolization, simulation, ridicule. It also includes the dark side, humor, absurdity, comedy and so on. The series, Golden Age, written by Wang Xiaobo, are filled with Carnivalesque, especially Wang Er, who has the most carnival spirit, like a clown, a fool, a liar. These vulgar, grotesque images have profound symbolic meanings. It sets the characters free of their shackles of rigid, static dogma and hierarchy.However, characters in the novel, whether it is Wang Er, Chen Qingyang, Xiao Sun, Lao Lu, or a series of images of women such as ×Hai Ying or various images of intellectuals, can not escape from the preseted life, the fate of being fooled at the end. Although these figures are in dualistic state during the "Cultural Revolution", they can not break the shackles of age.Both its carnivalesque language and its carnivalesque characters suggest Wang Xiaobo’s reflection on the existence of the state of the characters. In order to enlight readers, Wang Xiaobo sticks to liberal humanism, rationality. He pursues a world of wisdom, beauty, freedom, equality, openness, pluralism.