On "Quoting" And Classicization Of Journey To The West

"Journey to the west" as the status of a classic novel,no doubt,however,the establishment of the position of the "classic",has experienced a long process,from the emperor wanli domoto’s "journey to the west",until now,the novel has always been in through a variety of media and channels of communication,in under the action of Volkswagen,found that the resultant force,cultural institutions,One hundred copies of Journey to the West eventually became recognized as a classic.There are various and complex ways of its canonization.This paper focuses on the hidden way of text citation.The time span from the late Ming Dynasty to modern times is more than three hundred years,involving vernacular novels as the main text,but also notes,such as books.The main content of the study is to investigate and analyze the characters,names,plots and words of Journey to the West in the narrative process,so as to reflect the formation path of the classic "image" of Journey to the West in the public mind.In addition to the introduction,this paper is divided into four chapters:The introduction is mainly to clarify the research object,distinguish and analyze the concept,sort out the research status,highlight the significance of the research,and explain the research ideas and methods.The first chapter examines the citation in service of narrative.For the narrators of the novel,when quoting the Journey to the West,they freely cite the characters such as Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie,the plot such as the planana fan,the original text and the dialogues of the characters,which seem to be random,but in fact they have a heart.This part can be subdivided into the citation that serves the expression of the theme,the citation that serves the characterization,and the citation that serves the plot structure.These numerous citations reflect the large number of audiences and the wide spread of Journey to the West at that time,and such citations in turn will form a hint to the public and boost the further spread and classics of Journey to the West.The second chapter examines the citations that serve the arguments.It can be divided into two aspects: on the one hand,the characterization of "Journey to the West".Some narrators cite "Journey to the West" in their works in order to open up and express their attitude towards this novel,but this attitude has been polarized.Or praised it highly,thinking that Journey to the West is a delicate book that can "prove the truth";Or disparage it as nihilistic,absurd,unworthy of reading.The canonization process of a work cannot be separated from diversified understandings,and the more diverse and distinct the voices of evaluation are,the more conducive it is to further expand the influence of the work and promote its realization of canonization.On the other hand,the author,the time and the creation process of Journey to the West are researched through quotation.In the territory of feudal culture,it is common to textual research on classics and history works,but the textual research on a Zhanghui novel is sufficient to show the importance of some scholars to the book,and can also be used to observe the influence of Journey to the West in the public domain.The third chapter is the cross-text citation of Journey to the West.This part of the cited materials,involving opera,rap and other literary style.From the reality of literary dissemination,the dissemination of Journey to the West is not necessarily the dissemination of a hundred novels,but the dissemination of "Journey to the West".The story system,which is shaped by a hundred times of novels,has a greater influence on the masses through the "secondary communication" of text systems such as opera and rap.Although the contents of Journey to the West cited by citizens in daily situations claim to be from novels,in fact they have been adapted and recreated by literary and artistic styles such as opera and rap.Even if the citations explicitly refer to the novel,its content is often different from the popular Baihui version.The fourth chapter discusses the mechanism of citation and the public image of Journey to the West.Quote in this part,first of all,from the "narrative" and "quote" in scene two ways "journey to the west" quote mechanism,then focuses on the classic "journey to the west",and the process of two kinds of public image,although the impact on the "book" image,and in the classic "journey to the west" played a crucial role in the process of,but for the general public,The "Game Book" image is its true public image.This is also a key tenon for Journey to the West to finally enter the system of literary history and establish its status as a popular classic.The conclusion summarizes the thesis and extends the topic to a certain extent.At the same time,it discusses the paradigm significance of the research,that is,it explores the possibility of examining the canonization of popular literature through the systematic comb and analysis of the phenomenon of "citation".