A Study On Bed And Spatial Narration Of A Dream Of Red Mansions

"Bed" is a common object in ancient novels,it can not only be used as the spatial background of the plot,but also may become an important focus to assume the narrative function,and may even be promoted to spatial image,at the same time,it embodies the spatial concept of the narrator and expresses the specific aesthetic implication.Therefore,this article takes the "bed" in "Dream of Red Mansions" as the subject,based on the theory of spatial narratology,the research dimension of synchronic and diachronic combination is adopted,starts from the bed in history and the "bed" in literary history,and explores the spatial narrative characteristics of text from the four angles of literary tradition,spatial focus,characterization and narrate method,so as to probe into the spatial narrative art of "Dream of Red Mansions".This article consists of six parts:The introduction discusses the research status quo,topics,ideas and approachs,the research status mainly summarizes the research results of bed writing in narrative literature,the achievement of the study of spatial narratology in "Dream of Red Mansions",as well as summarize and review the research status.The first part is the "bed" inquiry the external and internal of "Dream of Red Mansions",which can be divided into three sections: the first section is the bed in historical reality: a brief summary of the shape and function of the bed under different historical periods.The second section is about the bed in literary writing: the writing of lyric literature and narrative literature in various periods from the pre-Qin to the Ming and Qing dynasties.The third section is "Bed" in "Dream of Red Mansions" : from the name of the bed,writing characteristics,respectively,from two aspects,to explore the text bed writing inheritance and innovation.The second part explores the relationship between "bed" and spatial focus in "Dream of Red Mansions",which can be divided into two sections: the first section analyzes the types of focus: from three perspectives of inner focus,non-focus and outer focus,it discusses the question of who observes the bed,and analyzes the changing forms of focus in specific scenes and plots.The second section analyzes the aspects of focusing:summarize the regular problems in the process of focusing from three aspects of perception,psychology and cognition,and explore how the bed is observed.The third part explores the relationship between "bed" and characterization in "Dream of Red Mansions",this chapter is based on the two-way interaction between space and character,divided into two sections: the first section is "bed" and spatial characteration,based on the image division of flat characters and round figures,to explore how space shows the character image,and the specific role of the "bed" in the process.The second section is about the spatial existence of characters.Based on the relationship between characters and space,the narrative space of characters is explored from the three aspects of symbolic space,neutrality space and ironic space.The fourth part is about the "bed" and the spatial narrative arrangement of "Dream of Red Mansions".This chapter discusses the spatial narrative art of the text from internal and external dimensions.The first section is "bed" and space construction,starting from the outside of the text,through "bed" as the property of spatial section nodes and infocus nodes,to explore how "bed" focus assumes narrative functions.The second section is "bed" and narrative consciousness,starting from the inside of the text,analyzing the emotional consciousness and spatial consciousness displayed in the process of "bed" focus.The remaining part summarizes the full text.To explore the possibility of in-depth study,and further explain the feasible path of analysis.