The Study Of Mad Characters In Chi Zijian’s Novels

As a unique literary image,madness has always been favored by Chinese and foreign writers as a literary prop.Since the new era,it has enriched the theme connotation of contemporary fiction with its magnificent and colorful posture.Chi Zijian,a prolific writer in the contemporary literary world,has been engaged in writing for 30 years,including many styles,such as long stories,novellas,short stories,prose and so on.Su Tong thinks that Chi Zijian always has a suitable temperature atmosphere in his creation.However,in the works of such a woman writer,who is famous for her tender writing,there are often images of mad people.It is no coincidence that the images of mad people run through Chi Zijian’s novels from beginning to end.Because "madness" is a state of being different from human civilization,under its alienated appearance,it is more a satire on the so-called civilization of human society.The disorder and fragmentation of the madman’s thinking sometimes become a contradictory expression in the writer’s heart in a sense,while schizophrenia is a medical tool of madness.Physical expression,therefore,can be said to a certain extent,the creation of the image of insanity is a specific reflection of the specific quality experience of the writer’s subconscious.Social psychology holds that every element in a writer’s work is a combination of a series of motives that interfere with or reinforce each other,and it will be manifested in a strong way in the writer’s body.Creative psychology.From this point of view,the author can find that these mad images in Chi Zijian’s novels are not only psychiatric patients in pathological sense,but also have more profound metaphorical meanings.The recurrence of the image of madness is related to Chi Zijian’s reflection on the modern world and the ultimate happiness of mankind.It also shows the writer’s pursuit and yearning for natural life.Starting with the analysis of the image of the madman in Chi Zijian’s novels,this paper explores the narrative mode of the image of the madman in Chi Zijian’s novels,and on this basis,makes specific criticism on the creation of the image of madness in Chi Zijian’s novels.The full text is divided into six parts:The introduction mainly introduces the academic background of the researchtopic.This paper introduces the basis of topic selection from four aspects: the raising of questions,the summary of research,research methods and innovations.The second part defines the concept of madness image.In this chapter,the author mainly uses sociology,psychology,medicine and other theories to define the concept of madness,and specifically explores the development and evolution of the connotation of madness.Combining with the whole text of the novel,this paper explores the specific presentation of madness in the novel.The third part analyses the image of madness in Chi Zijian’s novels.In this part,through a close reading of Chi Zijian’s novels,combined with relevant theories,the author classifies the mad characters in Chi Zijian’s works,and explores the characteristics of the mad images in Chi Zijian’s works.The fourth part explores the narrative mode of madness in Chi Zijian’s novels.This paper mainly discusses the narrative mode of the madman image in Chi Zijian’s novels from two aspects of narrative language and narrative perspective.The fifth part is also the key content of this paper,which makes a reasonable criticism of the phenomenon that the image of madness is common in Chi Zijian’s novels.This part criticizes Chi Zijian from three aspects.The first two parts discuss Chi Zijian’s psychological appeal for shaping the image of madness from two aspects:criticism and Reflection on the real rational world and Reflection on the ultimate happiness of human beings.The third part reflects on Chi Zijian’s view of "natural life" constructed by the image of madness,and thus makes a value reflection on it.This paper probes into the predicament of the image of madness in Chi Zijian’s novels,and holds that too warm writing style limits the author’s comprehensive examination of the unique image of madness.The sixth part concludes with a summary of the whole paper.