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The Research On Liu Cixin's Science Fiction Novels

Posted on:2017-06-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Q ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330512451213Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Liu Cixin is the main representative novelist of Chinese new generationscience fiction.His novels have unique artistic styles and profound thoughtconnotations,fuse the ultimate ethereal and thick reality perfectly,successfully construct sense of reality in science fiction world,represent thehighest achievement of the development of science fiction literature in China.His long film named The Three Body in English won the Hugo award,whichopens a brilliant chapter in Chinese science fiction,attracts more attentionfrom the traditional mainstream medium and foreign science fiction,stimulates an upsurge of The Three Body.This paper which is based on theintensive reading of texts will conduct more in-depth and extensive researchabout subject content contained his novels,character types and artisticcharacteristics,in order to make a general commanding the whole style.In the first chapter,the main content of the theme of Liu Cixin's sciencefiction is analyzed in detail,mainly includes the following three aspects:thefirst is that the ultimate destination of human destiny points to the universe,the second is the explanation of the co-existence and competition state of theuniverse civilization,finally is the elaboration of human complex in zeromoral universe.From the perspective of the universe and science,his novelsthink about human destiny and the universe civilization,as well as the zeromoral universe these heavy topics,which not only show the author's uniquescience conception,but also provide a fable type of warning for all mankind,reach the resonance of thought.The second chapter describes the stroke to Liu Cixin's science fiction inthe shape of the characters,through a close reading of texts of his novels,which are divided into three categories:the heroes who saved the human race,the martyrs who pursuit truths,as well as unscrupulous extremes.In theprocess of interpretation of these images,the author not only will comparethese characters with the mainstream literature,but also pay attention to theircareful research from the perspective of human nature,showing the good and evil of human nature under the grand cosmic space.Through these figures,on the one hand,it can reflect the author's value tendency,on the other hand,it also conveys Liu Cixin's deep thinking about human nature and the zero moral universe.The third chapter mainly introduces artistic features of science fiction of Liu Cixin,combined with the specific text of his novels,respectively from the plot structure of reality and science fiction,the combination of macro and micro details of narrative strategy and different utopia construction of multidimensional space and time three parts to expand the narrative.His novels take the real world as the background of creation,at the same time,they also integrate the elements of fantasy;In addition,the author uses macro and micro details and Foucault's theory of different utopia to make a detailed explanation of the narrative strategy and construction mode,so that more complete presents artistic expressive force and appeal of his novels.The last part of the thesis makes a brief summary of the status and influence of Liu Cixin and his science fiction novels,and makes a reasonable prediction of the development prospects of science fiction literature.
Keywords/Search Tags:Liu Cixin, Science fiction, Human fate, Cosmic dimension, Character types, Artistic characteristics
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