The Study Of Prose Theory On Ancient Prose Of Genius Commented By Chin Sheng-t'an

Chin Sheng-t'an was one of the greatest critics. His comment is one of the key points on ancient essays reseach from birth. The Fifth work of Genius– Shi Naian's Shui Huzhuan( Water Margin) and The Sixth Work of Genius– Western Chamber that were commented by him play an extremely important role in the history of ancient fictions theory, traditional opera theory and narrative theory, and has a far-reaching influence on the descendents. Ancient Prose of Genius is a collection of comments on ancient prose besides the Six Works of Genius . Chin Sheng-t'an commented 352 excellent prose from Zuo Biograph to Song dynasty. The author of this thesis tries to explain Chin Shengt'an's unique contribution on construction of prose theory , creation of prose and appreciation from the author's culture of mind, methods of prose creation and style of figure of speech. At the same time, she compared Ancient Prose of Genius commented by Chin with his comments of fictions and traditional operas in order to discover and summarize the prose theory of Jin, which will be the example for recent research on prose theory.The thesis consists of three parts : preface, body and conclusion.preface briefly introduces the Chin Sheng t'an's life, Ancient Prose of Genius commented by Chin, recent research situation, meaning and value of research and point of view and methods of the thesis in preface.The author of the thesis explained the prose theory of Ancient Prose of Genius commented by Chin in detail from the culture of mind theory of genius , literary techniques theory of genius and rhetoric theory of genius.First The culture of mind theory of genius. The writer's culture of mind theory is one of the key point that are commented by Chin. The writer's...