A Study Of The Reception Of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi

Introduction Liao Zhai Zhi Yi is writtened by the renowned writer Pu Songling in the Qing Dynasty. Liao Zhai Zhi Yi holds the important status in the Chinese novel history, it is the peak of literary short stories of our country. At the same time, in the worldwide scale, it was also a beautiful flower in the world classical literature of 17, the 18th century.At present,the domestic and foreign criticism on Liao Zhai Zhi Yi has already made many encouraging progresses, mainly on the writer biography, the work analysis connoisseurship and edition reorganization. While present "Liaozhai Xue" still exists urgent problems awaiting to be solved.An important question is that the reception angle of research has not been brought to the enough attention. The receptive view of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi has vital practical significance.The present paper's main innovation spots display in:First,This paper follows the Marxism and Mao Zedong's summary about the literary arts.At the same time,the western receptive esthetics both provided the theory reference.Second,the paper believes that Liao Zhai Zhi Yi is born in the interaction of the writer and readers.What's more,the paper considers that the readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi developed from the region to the nation,from the classical stage to the modern stage,from China to the world.Third,this paper hold lengthwise and transverse research on the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi.Fourth,much English materials are quoted and referred in this paper.At the same time,this paper also exists much shortcomings that need former consideration and exploration.The first chapter The interaction of the writer and the readers:the birth of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi The social and historical background,the cultural context and the author Pu Songling's life expriences,these many kinds of factors together facilitated this literature masterpiece's appearance.The readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi beginned in its creation process.Liao Zhai Zhi Yi was created by both the writer and the readers.The second chapter The classical reception stage of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi: from the region the nation The calssical reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi is from its birth to before the"Wu Si"Period.The Qing Keting edition(1766) of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi characterized the development of its reception from the localization to the nation. Print media's strength and the economic interests actuation for the publishers, Wang Yuyang's appreciation as well as the readers'approval on Liao Zhai Zhi Yi,all these factors have facilitated this development.And there appeared some different reception angle of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi such as the official angle, the esthetic angle and other writers'reception and so on.The third chapter A study of the modern reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi(â… ) The modern reception stage of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi is from"Wu Si"Period until now."Wu Si"Period is very important in the history of the readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi.It broke the old literal conception of China and put the readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi to a new era.In nearly one century time,there presented different reception patterns of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi.For instance Hu Shi's scientific diagnosis pattern,Lu Xun'critisicm on Liao Zhai,the Marxist pattern and so on. These patterns appeared in the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi exactly reflect a generation of modern Chinese literature reception.The fourth chapter A study of the modern reception patterns of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi(â…¡) This chapter mainly inspects the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi from 1949 to 1978.The object of the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi has been expanded at the beginning of the new China.And Liao Zhai Zhi Yi's inheritance and surmountment to Chinese literary novel tradition has been fully affirmed in the literal history works.The study of inner and artistic achievements has gained more success in this period. The fifth chapter The thorough and deep reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi in the New Period The readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi enters a new stage in the new period of China."Liaozhai Xue"was established as a special scholarship and its objects are oriented scientificly in the new period.Not only the collection of the works has gained former accomplishment,but also the writer Pu Songling's biography research,the Liao Zhai folk tune research and artistic research and so on have made the new progress.At the same time,the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi presents multiplicated patterns.The sixth chapter The reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi in the world The process that Liao Zhai Zhi Yi was spreaded to the world is just the process that the readers of other nations went in for the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi.In the middle of 18th century,the readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi moves from China to the world.After the end of 19th century,the"Liaozhai Xue"arised and gradually developed in other countries.Much new progress was made in the research of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi in the world after the Second World War.Numerous foreign readers and researchers'attendence in the reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi will contribute to its development.Conclusion In this part,the history of the readers'reception of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi was reviewed and summarised.In additon,the main reception patterns of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi are summed up here.In the multiplex cultural circumstances of the New Period as well as in the intercourse and dialogue between China and the world,the reception and criticism of Liao Zhai Zhi Yi will certainly achieve a new leap!...