A Narratological Study On Historical Works Between Pre-Qin And Han Dynasty

Using the related principles of Narratolgy along with Chinese theory on narrative,thepresent paper analyzes and presents the narrative characteristics of historical worksbetween pre-Qin and Han Dynasty.It also discusses the deep reasons for its historical andliterary nature.By analyzing the writing aim and principle of the historical works,thepaper argues that the historical narrative reconstructs history, and the principle ofrecording the facts in history guarantees the truth in historical works.By studyingnarrator,narraive viewpoint,narrative time and narrative structure of the classical workssuch as ZuoZhuan,ShiJi, HanShu, the paper presents the deep structure of historicalworks,and discuss the relationship between fact and fiction, doing the further research onhow the literary nature of the historical works is produced.The paper also summarizes thedevelopmental patterns of historical narrative from Pre-Qin to Han Danysty. To thematurity of the historical narrative, ChunQiu,ZuoZhuan, ShiJi and HanShu have made animportant contribution.Especially, Shiji is a milestone.From Shiji to Hanshu,the historicalnarrative begins to be mature and independent; from Shiji to Yuejueshu andWuyuechunqiu,fiction narrative begins to appear.