Study On The Narrativity Of The Book Of Songs

The lyric tradition of Chinese classical poetry has a deep foundation,while the other narrative tradition is also long and profound.Moreover,these two traditions have always been complementary and accompanied by each other.This thesis observes the Book of Songs from the perspective of the narrative tradition of Chinese classical poetry,and makes a comprehensive exploration of the narrativity of the Book of Songs.The thesis is divided into four parts.The first part focuses on the exposition of narrative in ancient Chinese literature,and clarifies the difference between the concept of "narrative" in the context of Chinese classical poetry and the concept of "narrative" in the western literature.At the same time,it combines the narrative of poetry in ancient Chinese poetry with the practice of narrative analysis of lyric poetry abroad,which proves that poetry is closely related to narrative and to study China from a narrative perspective Classical poetry is completely feasible.The second part is a general observation of the narrativity of the Book of Songs on a macro level.Mainly analyze from three perspectives.Firstly,the narrative perspective is diversified,including the first-person,second-person,and third-person narrative perspectives,and the transition of narrative perspectives.Secondly,the vivid color of "sensation" is often through the construction of "events".The narrative of the state of affairs is carried out.Finally,there is no lack of narration in lyric poems,either "things are inside the poem" or "things are outside the poem".The third part is a concrete analysis of narrativity of the Book of Songs at the micro level.There are four main aspects.Firstly,influenced by the change from oral literature to written literature and the stylized characteristics of the Zhou Dynasty’s ritual and music system,the phenomenon of repetitive formula narratives frequently appeared in the Book of Songs.Secondly,the Book of Songs is close to daily life and is good at Create a daily "event",presenting two important characteristics of scene narrative,focusing on the record and reproduction of life.Third,the Book of Songs often uses metaphorical narrative methods to imply social and personal affairs and allude to political current events.Fourthly,The lyric poems in the Book of Songs often adopt the strategy of spatial narrative.Geographical spatial narrative and spatial image narrative are the main presentation methods of its spatial narrative.The fourth part summarizes the influence of the Book of Songs on the development of later generations of poetry in the symbiotic scene of the two major traditions of Chinese classical poetry narration and lyricism.It is mainly reflected in four aspects.Firstly,the formation of the "sensational" tradition has broadened the poetry and inspires the poet’s way of thinking.Secondly,the design of the answering narrative structure provides experience for later generations of poetry,especially for the creation of Yuefu poems.Thirdly,the narrative style of Fu,which can not only narrate,but also express emotion and discuss,has a far-reaching influence on the development of later poetry.The choice of four-character style has influenced the poetry creation of later poets such as Cao Cao,Ji Kang and Tao Yuanming.