The Patriarchal Image: A Phenomenon In The Literature Of The Nineties

The emergence of the patriarchal image is a phenomenon of the literature in the nineties. On the basis of Fuqin Jinchen, a novelette written by Zhongshan Shi, Bailuyuan, a novel by Zhongshi Chen and Baiyingu, a full-length fiction by Chenyi, this thesis has done lots of analysis regarding patriarch from multi-perspective. A senior cadre in the army, the head of his family, Guangrong Shi acts as patriarchal image of armyman. Deeply influenced by the army life ,he takes less care of his wife and children and treats them rudely and violently. It is evident that he is the embodiment of the arbitrary and despot in the feudal society. Jiaxuan Bai, a typical image of farmer, is the practician of the traditional culture. Both the head of his family and the patriarch, he is identified with conservativeness and revolt against Chinese culture by the means of the dealt and treatment of the family and clan affairs. Be able to achieve success one way or another in business, as the image of business patriarch, Hunan Kang, the proprietor, has been regarding as the representive of the Jinshang( the famous businessmen in Shanxi provinence in the past time). As the head, in his family he is cunning and crafty, cruel and autocratic. He thinks himself as the Number One of anything and anytime and anywhere. The extreme complexity of businessman can be found from the hero. ding some novel elements,these patriarchal images in the fictions in the nineties inherits the features of the autocratic patriarch in the history of Chinese modern literature. These avoiding the description of the current life , the plots in these works are in the past and modelized and even identical.It is the deficiency exhibited in the works concerning the patriarchal image in the nineties...