| Children’s literature,which describes the growth of maidens,has always been favored by writers and readers.Especially since the new period,children’s literature writers have entered a new stage of development in their creative style.Chen Danyan’s description of the image of maidens is not only a comprehensive scan of the external dominant characteristics of the maidens’ growth,but also a deep insight into the maidens’ complex and rich inner world,and a whisper of the flower season of life growth.At the same time,as a writer with unique life experience,Chen Danyan’s modern concept of “child-orientation” has had a profound impact on her maiden writing and formed a unique artistic style of different writers.From the perspective of the development history of children’s literature,Chen Danyan’s novels about the growth of maidens have important value and significance in the history of literature.Based on the close reading of the text,taking into account Chen Danyan’s personal growth experience,this paper makes an in-depth study of Chen Danyan’s maiden growth novels by using the theories of literary creation psychology and psychoanalysis,and tries to explore the unique artistic value of these life states through the characterization of the maidens’ images in Chen Danyan’s novels,as well as the process of describing these maidens’ images the diversity and innovation of her artistic expression.The thesis consists of five parts:In the foreword part,it finds out that Chen Danyan’s novels are very typical,so as to highlight the significance of the research on Chen Danyan’s maiden growth novels.The first chapter mainly discusses the image of young girls in Chen Danyan’s novels,and analyzes the four typical images of maidens: firm and indomitable maidens;proud and aloof maidens;runaway maidens in search of freedom;sunny and confident only daughter.Under the delicate and meticulous description of Chen Danyan’s writing,the maidens dance their youth,demonstrating the unique value of life.In the second chapter,the theme of growth in Chen Danyan’s novels is deeply explored,focusing on the maidens’ harvest in the process of growth.It discusses the maidens’ spiritual growth in resistance,her spiritual rebirth after death,her self-help and love in emotion,and her self awakening in maze,so as to present the complicated growth process of maidens’ spiritual growth.And further analyzes the hidden psychological and spiritual motivation behind these texts.In the third chapter,according to the richness and complexity of the text world,combined with the writer’s creative experience,the relationship between the writer’s life experience and literary imagination constantly stimulate her creative potential,the growth of the writer’s soul and spirit,through the characters in the novels can be condensed and promoted,forming a subtle interaction between the writer and the novels.The conclusion part expounds the literary aesthetic value of Chen Danyan’s maiden growth novels,reflects on the shortcomings in her creation and the possibility of her future creation.Her literary creativity and insight into human nature will have a place in the history of Chinese contemporary children’s literature.With the passage of time,her works have been translated overseas,and the influence of her works is more and more extensive.The writing about the growth of maidens in social life is an endless chapter of life,because the growth of maidens is complex,beautiful,cruel and pure.Full of the infinite possibility and hope of life,the study of maiden initiation theme literature undoubtedly has the value of literary history and practical significance. |