On The Writing Of Solitude In Sun Huifen’s Novels

Sun Huifen is a native-born writer of the countryside,and has been working in the literary world for more than forty years since the publication of her debut novel Sitting Still on the Bed of Joy.Sun Huifen’s journey is consistent with the economic reform and urban-rural changes,starting from the countryside and moving towards the city step by step,and presenting in her works the changes and anxieties of people’s hearts under the symptoms of the times.The turbulent personal life experiences brought Sun Huifen a lonely psychological experience,which was transformed into an impulse to write and permeated in her works.In her novels,she not only portrays the figurative images of lonely people with different causes,showing their psychological turmoil and identity anxiety under the changes of the times,but also explores the possibility of redemption with compassion,presenting a very personal writing of loneliness.The thesis takes the writing of loneliness as an entry point to study Sun Huifen’s fiction.The introductory section elaborates on the background and significance of the topic of loneliness writing,composes the current status of research on Sun Huifen’s novels,and defines the meaning of loneliness in Sun Huifen’s novels.The first chapter starts from the loneliness group in Sun Huifen’s novels,discussing the specific presentation of loneliness in Sun Huifen’s novels from three aspects: the lonely people who are deep in desire,the lonely people who are eternally wandering,and the lonely people on the edge of daily life,pointing out that loneliness exists in Sun Huifen’s works as a universal emotion.The second chapter focuses on exploring the way loneliness is constructed in Sun Huifen’s novels,from three levels,namely,time that is difficult to confront,space that cannot be stopped,and the self that is presented in a mirror image.Under the guidance of loneliness,time and space as the characters’ living environment present an unfriendly posture,while the characters in Sun Huifen’s works,who often appear in confrontational postures,indicate the impossibility of reaching the other self.Chapter 3 starts from the deeper meaning of Sun Huifen’s fictional writing on loneliness,tracing the reflection on urban-rural changes and individual identity anxiety behind Sun Huifen’s fictional writing on loneliness.At the same time,it is pointed out that under the influence of both Sun Huifen’s personal experience and compassionate character,the loneliness in Sun Huifen’s novels presents a warm side.As a common spiritual dilemma of human beings,loneliness is a theme that transcends disciplines and countries,and Sun Huifen adds fresh blood and inspiration to the writing of loneliness in literature with her highly personal loneliness writing.However,due to the excessive focus on the everyday and the reliance on personal experience,it lacks theoretical thinking beyond life itself and presents a fragmented state.