"Sacred Narrative"-The Studies Of Myth And Narrative Of Chinese And Western Modern Novel On The Person Metamorphoses To The Animal

There is a large amount of myth version which the person metamorphoses from the animal existing in Chinese and Western culture. The starting point of this thesis is the plot which the person metamorphoses from the animal in the myth. The basis paying close attention to is the modern novel which is about the metamorphosis of the person from the animal. Though being applying to the same myth archetype, it also leads to different language original ideas existing to some extent since the diversity narrative. According to the myth-archetype theory ,the metamorphosis of the person from the animal is looked upon as one kind of myth archetype. It has one kind of the function which appears constantly in different periods, cultures and works. As far as the significance, the appearing archetypes make the versions have basically identical significance. As far as the narrative structure, the archetype of the person metamorphosis from the animal is a kind of plot pattern which can stipulates and integrates other plots within a version.This thesis is divided into five parts. The introduction part has ascertained that the archetype of the person metamorphosis from the animal is one kind of myth archetype. It has the function ascertaining significance and structuring narrative.The second part of this thesis analyze the plot of the person metamorphosis from the animal, pointing out that it has embodied the life eternity of the deceased people in ancient times. But in the narrative perspective, make use of circular intercourse narrative structure which have resolved contradiction, this circular intercourse narrative between natural vector life time and life eternity is one of the conspicuous characteristic on narrative; in addition, the myth of person metamorphosis from the animal embodies out the sacred narrative attitude which make entire narrative displaying a kind of infinity.The third part of this thesis is to analyze the novel of the modern person metamorphosis from the animal has mythic features regardless of narrative and archetype perspective.The forth part of this thesis puts particular emphasis on the modern characteristic of the novel which is about the myth of person metamorphosis from the animal. Analyzing Story of Deformation written by Kafka and Humor and Interest written by MoYan from the narrating time, the visual angle of the narrative and narrator, narrative structure. The myth of person metamorphosis from the animal is assumed to last for parallel simultaneous of the state direction, the comparison also carrying out coeval transverse direction.,The final conclusion is a summary and lifting to the whole thesis. It emphasize that the plot of person metamorphosis from the animal in modern narrative version is following more complicated narrative pattern which is more attention to the person.