Modern Hunan Nationality Writer "Pan-Dialect Writing" Phenomenon Research

Modern Hunan writers, commonly known as the"Literature Xiang army", are important and unique regional writers since the New Literature of May 4th Movement. This dissertation "Pan-dialectal Writing" is written in the following perspectives: it analyses generally the phenomenon, cause and form in the Hunan writers'collecting and using of the Hunan dialect in their writing; it also summarizes the special aesthetic value of the dialectal writing and the basic relationship between the dialect, the regional literature and the regional writer groups as well; by perusing and analyzing the language strategies of the magnum opus of Hunan writers, this dissertation explores their attempt, contribution, the similarity and the characteristic, the perplexity and limitation in the innovation of the literary language, further showing the cultural deposits and the language features of the Hunan writers, and then directs the innovative way of the literary language in the new century.The dissertation is divided into two parts. The first part generally analyses the phenomenon, cause, forms and value of the dialectal writing of the Hunan writers: the first chapter, Spontaneity, Self-consciousness and Originality--- the Analysis of the Types of the Pan-dialectal Writing of the Hunan Writers, has discussions respectively on three types, the spontaneity, self-consciousness and originality from the perspectives of the diachronic development and the synchronic totality. The second chapter, The Dialectal complex, Tradition of the Odes of Chu and Marginal Strategy--- The Discourse on the Cause of the Pan-dialectal Writing of the Modern Hunan Writers, traces to the source and discusses the deep-rooted dialectal complex, the old tradition of the dialectal writing and the cultural strategy of self-marginalize is the three major causes of the dialectal writing of the modern Hunan writers. The third chapter, The Transform of the Discourse and the Appearance of the Dialect--- The Discussion on the Forms of the Pan-dialectal Writing of the Modern Hunan Writers, points that there are mainly three ways in the discourse transform and the appearance of the dialect: firstly, the dialect appears originally, presenting its regional sound, unique dialectal vocabulary and the traditional dialectal grammar in the text; secondly, the dialect is presented indirectly by the ways of notes, quotations and repetitions. Thirdly, the dialect itself becomes the object of the text. The fourth chapter, The Dialectal Aesthetics and the Discourse Utility--- the Axiology of the Pan-dialectal Writing of the Modern Hunan Writers, analyses the value of the appearance of the dialect and that of the literary aesthetics, which is expressing the vocal figure, the features of the characters and cultural soul of Hunan.The second part consisting of four chapters has case studies to dialectal writing of the works of the modern Hunan writers, Shen Congwen, Zhou Libo, Han Shaogong, Peng Jia-huang, Guhua, Hedun and so on. The fifth chapter, the West Hunan in the area of language--- The discussion on Shen Congwen, peruses the works of"hsiao-hsiao"and"Bian Cheng", analyzing how Shen Congwen portrays his characters with the language by identifying himself as the provincial and insisting on the west Hunan dialect. This chapter confirms the contribution of Shen Congwen to the modern Chinese literature and that the west Hunan dialect is the language footstone of creation of Shen Congwen. The sixth chapter, The Appearance of the Folk Language in the Lacuna of the Main Stream of Languagethe---The Discussion on Zhou Libo, analyses the process of Zhou Libo's dialectal writing in the context of time and culture. By comparing the text of"The Hurricane"(which is written in the northeast Chinese dialect)and"great changes in a mountain village"(which is written in his native dialect), this chapter points the faults of the former and confirms the success of the later. The seventh chapter, The Language Way in the Cultural Source-tracing---The Discussion on Han Shaogong, analyses the process of the pan-dialectal writing of Han Shaogong in his tracing of cultural source, and in the studying his work"Maqiao Dictionary",this chapter discusses Han's breakthrough to the existing pan-dialectal writing and the value to this new form. The eighth chapter, The Multi-direction Development of the Pan-dialectal Writing--- The Discussion on Peng Jiahuang, Guhe and Hedun, studies"Instigation", A Small Town Called Hibiscus"and"We Look Like The Wild Animal"and discusses respectively the pan-dialectal writing of these three writers.