The Research On The Epic Laws Of JinYong’s Martial Arts Novels

The popularity of martial arts novels is one of the most important cultural phenomena in the second half of the 20 th century and the beginning of the 21 st century of China.As a representative of this,Jin Yong’s martial arts novels enjoy a high reputation throughout the Chinese-speaking regions.Previous research mainly focused on its literature value and societal value,while pay less attention to the influence of genre.Martial arts novels are called as fairy tales of adults.However,the similarity between martial arts novels and fairy tales is often interpreted as a kind of self-deceiving fantasy.Fairy tales researchers represented by Max Lutti have made in-depth discussions on the genre nature of fairy tales,which is exactly the way that Jin Yong constructs his martial arts novels.Reflected in the background,the genre embodies as a skill that makes Jiang Hu become a flat world and the tendency that makes kung fu become treasure.Reflected in the character,the genre embodies as a skill that creates characters in an enumeration way,and a method that builds characters by roles.Reflected in the story,the genre embodies as a trend that makes morality become universal,a method that narrates stories with simplification,and a skill that creates events in a repetition way.With these epic laws,Jin Yong’s martial arts novels maintain its genre framework.With these epic laws,readers are able to verify their preconceptions of novel genre.Based on the common understanding of the genre framework,the author and reader reach a tacit agreement of what they are communicating,which is the way that Jin Yong’s martial arts novels establish its glamour.