On Lian-ke Yan's Countryside Narration

Lian-ke Yan's panoramic narration of China's countryside, detailedexhibition of Chinese peasants' living standard as well as his application of modernismgreatly enrich the possibility of countryside narration. This article develops concentratingon Mr Yan's countryside novel, and it is divided into three chapters. Chapter One stressesMr Yan's countryside spirit dimension, which is specifically embodied in two aspects: thefirst one is the profound digging of the countryside centered on the variation in the valuestandpoint of countryside customs and the complexity exposed during this period. Thesecond one is the inflexible concern and the vivid and profound narration. Thecombination of both aspects contributes greatly to the spirit dimension's thickness anddepth of his countryside narration, meanwhile forms a special aesthetics tension. ChapterTwo mainly refers to Mr Yan's countryside narrative strategy. In the 1980s, Mr Yan stuckto the value standpoint of the enlightmental criticism so that he adopted a narrativestrategy which was focused on the acme of the countryside power. With the time passinginto the 1990s, in order to express his identification as well as adoration about thestubborn vitality of the countryside people facing the great hardship, he varied hisnarrative strategy by treating the countryside's misfortune as his narrative strategy.In the new century, Yah, who has retrieved to rational criticism on the valuestandpoint, has made a new attempt to the narrative strategy——the extreme reductionand the crazy fantasy chosen as his own strategy.The last chapter is mainly about Mr Yan's countryside narration dilemma. In someperspective, this dilemma is concealed from Mr Yan's countryside narration strategyitself.This thesis will be conferred in three aspects: the theme plot, the characterdevelopment as well as creation method.