| As one of the most important writer in the world of Chinese language literature, Mr. Bai Xianyong is acclaimed as "a contemporary outstanding talent of the short stories". His works have high value for appreciation and social knowledge, especially his short stories, which are filled with life tragedy mentality and deep homesickness. On the grounds of studying Bai's short s tories and his own experiences, the thesis analyzes the tragic air as well as its main forms of expression and the origin, examines the deep homesickness and nostalgic memories of his motherland, and studies the social backgrounds and the interior world of the heroes and heroines. What's more, the thesis also analyzes the aesthetic morphology of Bai's novels and discloses the unique aesthetic world of his works.The introduction part introduces the main trend on studying Bai Xianyong and his works, presents the proposition, content and meaning of the thesis.The first section mainly discusses the pattern of expression of Bai Xianyong's tragedy motif and analyses tragedy mentality in his works. In Bai Xianyong's works, there is the flying of time, the flowing of the youth and the losing of flourishment which is expressed thoroughly through superb narrative skill.The second section deals with the images of tragedy in Bai Xianyong's works —people who are homesick. Bai Xianyong's works give expressions to human being's tragic fate and miserable feelings through the two series of "Taibei People" and "New York Visitors" in the aspects of time and space.The third part talks about the reason of Bai Xianyong's tragic art and solitary creation style in the aspects of his background and psychological experience. Bai Xianyong's special experiences not only apply unique object of expression for his creation, but also form his special melancholy temperament and aesthetic perspective.The conclusion part revealed the importance and value of Bai Xianyong's novels. The feature of Bai Xianyong's creation has an important significance not only for Taiwan's literature but also for global Chinese literature.Absorbing the Western and Chinese culture and integrating the tradition with modernity, Bai's novels have developed a distinctive style of language and art with the symbolic way. Analysis on Bai's works not only has literature value, but also helps to understand human feelings. |