Research On Yan Chungou's Novels

Yan Chungou is one of the representatives of "Southern writers" in Hongkong.He was an editor,writer and critic.He entered the Hongkong literary arena in 70 s of last century,and he has been committed to creating short story.He used simple style to depict the living conditions of mainland immigrants in Hongkong,concerned about the survival dilemma of immigrants and the Hong Kong residents,and show the different value orientation and choice what they did when they were in trouble,it reflects his ultimate concern for the subject of the life of the underclass.This article is focuses on the study of Yan Chungou's novels,and analyzes the theme,the continental complex and the technique of expression.The first chapter is the theme connotation of the deepening of the hierarchy.Yan Chungou persisted in writing the living predicament of calmness in a calm and meticulous way.He deliberately explored the meaning of human life,thus forming a deep narration of the predicament of human existence,the concern for the human survival choice and the care of the survival of the unimportant person in the ultimate sense.These are derived from his own experience.In 1978,after settling down in Hong Kong,the difficult survival experience made him appreciate the world in the game with the society,it also makes him take the initiative to think about the meaning of life and the pursuit of value.The second chapter is the dark tide of the continent complex.Yan Chungou never takes the initiative to describe the soul-stirring historical changes and social changes,but with the help of the immigrants' family Love,friendship,love under the background of the city to analyzes the shadow of continental life,express their thoughts to the hometown.At the same time,he also rooted the writing of the continental complex in the unique urban landscape of Hong kong.It showed the importance of the continental complex to the immigrants dispassionately and objectively.And in some of his later novels,it makes one feel the slow and unstoppable pace of the disappearance of the continental complex written by the Southern writers.The third chapter is the expression of double side.Yan Chungou inherits,innovates and subverts the traditional Chinese image,and plays beautiful and disillusionment of the ensemble especially in the image of light,rain and red;He does not overly pursues the tortuous plot,but adds the absurd factor to the detailed description of reality,showing a harmonious unity of the absurdity of reality and the absurdity of art,then create a hazy atmosphere.