The Study Of The Preface And Postscript Of Novels Printed In Jianyang

As Jianyang is one of the centres of ancient Chinese novel inscription,and the main study of this paper,which based on the preface and postscript of the novels printed in Jianyang.was to check and compile the preface and postscript of the novels printed in Jianyang which produced from Song to the Qing dynasty,and to introduce its profile and characters.Considering the preface and postscript has a close relationship with the novel text,it is an ideal approach to convey some information including the process of the novel’s creation and its dissemination and reception.which were not a suitable way to present it in the main text of the novel.Through studying the relationship of the preface’s author with the novel’s author and the publisher,preface with the reader and the text we can acquire abundant information included in the preface and postscript from the dynamic process of novel’s creation and spread.As the paratext of the novel,the preface and postscript contains the documentary and advertising values,and it has the literary value as the independent text We think that Jianyana’s regional culture makes a great contribution to such status presented by the preface and postscript of the novels printed in Jianyang,and this contribution would be more impressed by comparing it with the preface and postscript of the novels printed in regions south of the Yangtze River.