A Research On The Author's Digression Of Vanity Fair

The use of authors' digression in the narrative process is a very important feature of Vanity Fair.The digressions in this novel can be roughly divided into four types: talking about the author's own view of the novel,talking about the plot development of the novel,talking about the characters and social phenomena in the novel,and expressing the emotion of the author.There is no doubt that the interjection is of utmost importance to Vanity Fair.It not only bears the burden of teaching and guiding the readers,but also plays a role in linking and manipulating the storyline.The direct emotional interjection of the author can also regulate the emotional tone of the novel.The reasons for the author's digression in Vanity Fair should be examined from two different perspectives.On the one hand,it is a horizontal investigation,that is to say,from the author's view of novels,and the moral environment,publishing environment and reader environment of his time,to explore the reasons for the use of digression in Vanity Fair.First of all,Thackeray regarded the novel as a heartfelt talk with readers.The story serves only for the purpose of conversation.Therefore,the novelist can insert his own words to comment on the characters and criticize the shortcomings,and even use them to discuss with the readers the characters in the story.The plot finally reaches the goal of criticizing reality and alerting readers;Secondly,British novels have always attached importance to moral values.This was especially true of the Victorian era in which Thackeray was located,and the writer himself was inevitably influenced.Therefore,he had reason to show his morality in a more direct way.In the end,the publishing environment at that time required writers to write in phases and submit on time.This would make it possible for writers to try to tell stories with irrelevant content,or cause them to tailor the story and glue the plot in a targeted way by inserting the writer's own words.On the other hand,it is a vertical inspection,mainly from the perspective of narrative literature tradition,seeking the origin of the possible use of interjection in Vanity Fair.First,Fielding,who was the founder of the novel's style,used digressions in his fictions writings,and we also find that there are more or less same digression factors in the narrative works such as Don Quixote,picaresque novel,Aesop's Fables.All these may affect Thackeray's novel creation.Secondly,the author's interjection in the novel can even be traced back to the �chorus� in ancient Greek plays.They also speak directly to the audience in the first person or the second person.They also have a commentary on the story,guide the audience,conduct moral training,and create Sentimental atmosphere and other functions.By systematically studying the phenomenon of author's digression in Vanity Fair,it not only provides useful supplements for domestic and foreign related research,but also puts forward some problems that can be explored and studied,such as comparing the similarities and differences between Thackeray and Dickens' use of digressions,comparing the digression of Vanity Fair with the storyteller's voice of Chinese Storybook novel,or Inquiring the Mutual Penetration between the Two Styles of Drama and Fiction,and so on.