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The "Manchurian" Ecology And Literary Imagination In The Writings Of Russian Immigrant Writer N.A.Baikov

Posted on:2020-11-09Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:X M DuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1485305951477684Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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N.A.Baikov regarded “Manchurian” natural research and geographical expedition as his ideals,“Manchuria” provided him with a harbor for his physical body to shelter and stray soul to rely on.When “Manchuria” nature was on the edge of destroying because of the Japanese and Russian invasion,he devoted a lot of energy to the area of “Manchuria” natural ecology and environmental protection,his love for “Manchuria” is warm and it is also sincere.He attended the “The Literary Conference of Great East Asia” and made a speech in favor of the Japanese aggressors,and in scientific research,he was assigned by the Empire and because of life,he has worked consciously and unconsciously for Russia and the Soviet Union,we should have a clear and critical attitude for this point.But at the same time,his behavior is also a means of dealing with Japanese and puppet Manchukuo State,mainly in speech,he hasn't taken an active part in the political struggle,his research has pioneering and important reference value in terms of depth,breadth,geography and content,also objectively provides a new local perspective and different literature for the study of “Manchuria”.In the literary creation,the persistence of content and plot independence and the interest in the nature and ecology have always been well maintained-“Manchuria” nature and its inhabitants are its main theme,he was not only the first natural novelist who digs the “Manchuria” virgin forest deeply and walk alone in the world of literary,also the first person to let the world familiarize with“Manchuria's” virgin forest,made contribution for the world to know the Northeast of China.N.Baikov returns to the |nature,explores the origin of life and consciousness and development process.Caves,houses,and nature are the birthplaces of animals,forest hunters,and humans,with the increase of cognition,they go out to feel the world from the inside to the outside and acquire life skills;Then return to the birthplaces,explore the origin of life and gain spiritual strength from the outside to the inside;once again save the world and realize its own value from the inside to the outside;Finally from the outside to the inside,return to the dust and the origin of life.The existence and development of human being are inextricably linked to nature.Many of the characteristics of humans can also find direct or indirect correspondence in animals.Human nature is a common attribute of humans and animals,but it is the most natural instinct deeply rooted its inside to animals.However,humans with higher levels of development have become unrecognizable long ago.Naturalness is the most primitive instinct of humans and animals.It is inherently higher than human beings,far superior to the moral utilitarian value of human nature.The primitive,wild“Manchuria” virgin forest is the representative of truly great nature,teaches humans themselves reconsider the position of human beings in nature,its image is ambiguous:it is mysterious and transcends the supreme existence of mankind,the natural rules in which solve the contradictions that are difficult to solve in civilized society;It tells people what is truly kind and what is truly beautiful,also is the ideal place of human to explore for “ginseng”.The surface of “Manchuria” virgin forest which is primitive,backward and chaotic in the eyes of civilized European hides the most civilized,advanced and orderly natural laws of nature and the most fundamental laws of the universe,which is the deepest source of human existence and development.Nastya in the “Manchuria” virgin forest,experienced the transformation of “the women of nature” from an ordinary “women of civilization” to the sublimation of the“woman of the spirit” and finally turned into “eternal woman”,are the source of world harmony of the desperate sacrifice and the dedication to the lover and the family and the unselfish love for nature,but she eventually became an ordinary member of the mortal beings,destined to be unable to take on more responsibilities.As the representative of the original ecological culture,the defender of the harmonious ecology,and the inheritor of religious thoughts,Boboshen and Tong Li fully integrated themselves into the “Manchuria” virgin forest,merged into one with nature,took on the heavy burden of saving nature and mankind,became the representative of the ideal human being in the author's writing.The virgin forest cultivates Nastya and Boboshen who are modern civilized human beings as good as Tongli who is the excellent representative of Manchu-Tungus,is a symbol of a perfect society,can be used as a model and experience for human beings and their society on the verge of ecological disaster and destruction.N.Baikov's thinking on nature and culture is mainly reflected in the mythological narrative.?Great Wang? adopts the mythical structure of heroes,embodying the things that contain the meaning of life and the original order of man and nature.Whereas the mythical narrative based on the legends of Manchu-Tungus,historical stories,folk customs,dragon and tiger worship and Chinese traditional folk culture,Buddhist thought,dragon and tiger culture truly displayed the real life and spiritual life of the nation.Compared with the foreign culture that invades Manchuria,the“primitive” and “barbaric” embodied in the myth,Manchu-Tungus culture and Chinese traditional culture are things that are more in line with the laws of nature and living conditions.On the basis of inheriting excellent tradition,N.Baikov has made new developments in the narrative,themes and styles of Russian literary hunting,scientific and technological genres.In the meantime,as the most famous writer among Chinese Russian expatriates in the 20 th century,his museum novels have had an important influence on the emergence and development of the “Mountain and Forest Secret Stories” in the Northeast and in the Northeastern literary world.The creation of forest themes and animal novels,especially the tiger novels closely linked by culture have unique features,which make up for the gaps in the field of literature in China.The ginseng culture novels also have a positive effect on inheriting and carrying forward the unique Manchu-Tungus and Chinese traditional culture.Nie Baikov is also a writer with a world reputation in Puppet Manchukuo State.His “Manchurian” animal theme expands the theme of animal novels,the realism,the transformation of the narrator's identity,the biography,and the nuanced Psychological portrayal and so on have developed and innovated the writing methods of animal novels to different extents,and it is also quite pioneering to clearly put forward the idea of ecological protection and embody it in the creation of novels.
Keywords/Search Tags:N.Baikov, "Manchuria's" ecology, image, figure, mythological narrative
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