Research On Khoo Seok Wan’s Novel Criticism Theory

Khoo Seok Wan is a famous overseas Chinese leader in modern Singapore,with outstanding achievements in politics,education,culture and other fields.At present,the research of Khoo Seok Wan in the academic circles can be roughly divided into three categories,namely the study of life deeds,literary creation and literary criticism.Among them,the research results of life deeds and literary creation,especially poetry creation,are quite abundant.And few people pay attention to the progressive views he put forward in the criticism of novels.This article will sort out and discuss the critical theory of Khoo Seok Wan’s novels,and carefully analyze the rich connotations of his theories.In connection with his own life experience,social background and the atmosphere of the times,the causes and characteristics of Khoo Seok Wan’s novel criticism theory are deeply analyzed.Combined with two typical cases,the specific value and contribution of Qiu’s novel criticism theory are analyzed.Tracing the origin of his view of the novel,comparing it with the ideas of other contemporaries of fiction theorists,excavating the progressiveness and academic value of his novel criticism theory,and further improve the development process of modern novel theory.For Khoo Seok Wan’s critical theory of novels,the research content of this article mainly involves the following several aspects:Chapter 1: The research of Khoo Seok Wan’s life and literary activities.Khoo Seok Wan has many friends and rich writings,and his life experience is full of legends.This chapter mainly introduces Qiu’s life experience,social situations and literary writings,and excavates the soil for the formation of his critical theory of novels.Chapter 2: The research of the theoretical content of Khoo Seok Wan’s novel criticism.Khoo Seok Wan’s theoretical connotations on novel criticism are rich,and this chapter mainly analyzes his wonderful expositions on the imagination,structure and function of novels.First of all,he acknowledges the novel’s fictional charm from the basic point of view that the novel reflects reality,and his imaginative theories of novel presents a dialectical color of modern meaning.Secondly,his structural theories of novel is meticulous and in-depth.He mading further developments on the basis of absorbing with the theory of "setting up a trigger plot" which was originally brought up by Chinese ancient drama theorist Li Yu,at the same time,attention is paid to the twists and turns of the plot of the novel and the quality of the second half.Thirdly,he pays attention to the practical significance of the novel in promoting the dissemination of ideas and opening up the wisdom of the people,as well as the aesthetic function of the novel.In his theories of the function of novel,beauty is as important as practical significance.Chapter 3:The research on the characteristics,causes and value of Khoo Seok Wan’s Novel Criticism Theory.After a detailed analysis of Khoo Seok Wan’s novel theory,it is particularly important to study the deep representation of his theory.This chapter will refine the characteristics of his theory from the depth axis of time and the cross-section of the issues,analyze the causes of his theory in connection with his personal experience,social background and the atmosphere of the times,and interpret the value of his theory in combination with the motivation of the "revolution in fiction".Chapter 4:Two typical case studies of Khoo Seok Wan’s Novel Criticism Theory.This chapter mainly introduces Qiu’s novel thought reflected in Quatrains On A Dream of Red Mansions and Jin Shengtan’s Theory of Critical Novels,and analyzes his contribution to specific literary theoretical issues.In short,Khoo Seok Wan’s novel criticism theory shows rich connotation and unique value.The study of his novel criticism theory will help to further improve the structure of modern novel theory,so as to make the process of the modernization of China’s novel theory more clear.At the same time,it can also provide inspiration for the creation and research of today’s novels.