The Study On "Chitchat Of An Old Fellow In The Sun"

"Chitchat of An Old Fellow in The Sun" is a couplet chapter contents novel in the Qianlong ero, but it has been looked down upon since it was written. For the stale Neo-Confucianism significance and too much prolix comment, the novel makes the readers reluctant to read it completely. According to the objective facts, most novels in the mid-term of the Qing Dynasty have such drawbacks except "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "The Scholars". "A Light on the Meandering Road" and "Lovers Hero's Biography" are fomous novels in the ero , but their ideas are't so progressive as "Chitchat of An Old Fellow in The Sun". So the crux of the matter is not to deny it simply, but to gain more knowledge deeply. This thesis tries to get a complete comprehension about the strong points and the weak ones of the novel.There are four chapters.The first chapter is to explore the narrative motive. By tracing the writer's life, works and family background. I find out the narrative souce material. By probing the background of thought to explain narrative motive.The second chapter deals with the narrative content about hero's life and marriage which includes cultural implication.The third chapter is to point out the narrative structure. From the angles of the structure thread and the story driving force, we consider that the structure of the novel is a type of lump and flower.The fourth chapter is on the narrative operation. "Showing and Telling" illustratates that writter handles time and space to form the different narrative pattern. "Objective and Subject" discusses the influence of expression and reappearence in the work.