Research On Xiao Qian’s Poetic Novel

Poetic novels focus on the pursuit of poetic beauty,representing a special aesthetic style,which is unique in the history of modern and contemporary Chinese literature.Many of Xiao Qian’s novels belong to the style system of poetic novels.His works have both the common characteristics of poetic novels and differences.However,there is currently a lack of overall and thematic research on his poetic novels in academic circles.Starting from this situation,the author will explain the characteristics of Xiao Qian’s poetic novels and reveal the originality of his works by analyzing the text.The article is divided into four chapters,mainly from the four aspects of the poetic theme,artistic features,causes and literary significance of his poetic novels.The first chapter makes a detailed interpretation of the poetic theme of Xiao Qian’s novels.This chapter will summarize the thematic connotation of his works,and expound the specific performance of his poetic theme in different aspects.Xiao Qian not only narrated the bottom-level world of Peiping that he is familiar with,but also expressed his pursuit and yearning for the true feelings of the human world with tenderness,and also conveyed poetic thinking about the existence of individual life.While telling the story,he infiltrated his own thoughts into the text,so as to express his feelings about life and his understanding of life forms.Therefore,his novels are particularly rich in themes.The second chapter will analyze the artistic features of Xiao Qian’s poetic novels by reading the text carefully.It is precisely because Xiao Qian’s poetic novels start from emotions and focus on expressing emotions,so his texts embody the characteristics of poetry.His novels use a variety of imagery and rhetoric to create a poetic mood.In addition,the poetic narrative technique adds brilliance to his article.The article will analyze the tension-rich narrative space formed by his children’s narrative and the narrative strategy of objectifying narrative with the help of narrative theory.With the help of the relevant theories of linguistics,it will reveal the vividness of its language,and analyze its rhythm,visual sense and picture beauty.These artistic techniques used by Xiao Qian expand the poetic space of poetic novels.The third chapter clarifies the reasons for Xiao Qian’s poetic novels.When we deeply clarify the background of Xiao Qian’s creation,we can understand why he chose the direction of "poetic novel".From the perspective of culture,Xiao Qian’s creative style reflects the comprehensive influence of Chinese and Western cultures.Chinese literary tradition and cultural atmosphere enable Xiao Qian to inherit the tradition of lyric poetry.On this basis,Xiao Qian also contacted a lot of folk literature.It further stimulated his artistic imagination.In the process of the eastward spread of Western learning,Xiao Qian consciously accepted the influence of Western culture.From the perspective of the teacher-student relationship,Xiao Qian studied under Shen Congwen.Shen Congwen’s poetic novels are excellent.He provided useful guidance and help to Xiao Qian.From an individual point of view,Xiao Qian’s melancholy temperament and sensitive personality made his understanding of everything more perceptual.Such personal temperament is inseparable from his tragic life experience in his early years.Under the combined effect of these factors,Xiao Qian created poetic novels.The fourth chapter discusses the literary significance of Xiao Qian’s poetic novels.Put Xiao Qian in comparison with other poetic fiction writers to sum up his uniqueness.First of all,Xiao Qian greatly expanded the content of the poetic novels,mainly showing Xiao Qian’s poetic writing of real life and the enrichment of the modern poetic spirit;secondly,Xiao Qian expanded the expression of the poetic novel,he used symbolism to a great extent,and fully demonstrated the perceptibility of language.By contrast,the article will emphasize the uniqueness of its poetic novels again.This article analyzes Xiao Qian’s poetic novels in an all-round way from the above perspectives,in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of this liberal writer and to show his special significance in the history of literature.