Study On The Vagueness In A Dream Of Red Mansions

Fuzziness is a rather heated and interesting broad topic in recent linguistics study. Since 1965, when Professor L. A. Zadeh published his first paper Fuzzy Sets, the study of fuzziness has become more and more remarkable, and played an important role in the study of computer, mathematics, logics and so on. As one of the important features of language, fuzziness also provides a fresh perspective for the study of literature.This thesis, based on A Dream of Red Mansions, will provide a deep and complete explanation of its vagueness. (Vagueness is used instead of fuzziness in this thesis, for the reason that vagueness covers the meaning of fuzziness.) As it is known to all, A Dream of Red Mansions is China's greatest full-length classical novel. The wide-ranging and meticulous structure of A Dream of Red Mansions, together with its literary merit in the form of exquisite language, makes it universally recognized as the epitome of the art of the classical novel in China. The author of this thesis chooses the vagueness in this novel as the study subject, mainly considering its unquestionable advantages in volume and functions. As we know, there is a most important phenomenon, vagueness pervading in the theme, characters, language, plots, rhetoric, punctuation marks and images, etc. in this epic novel. A good knowledge of the vagueness in A Dream of Red Mansions will help you better appreciate this novel.And this thesis, with the title of Study on the Vagueness in A Dream of Red Mansions, deals with the definition of vagueness first, and then with a lot of examples of vague occurrence in the novel, discusses the main points such as the various kinds of vague phenomenon, its functions and factors as well. In the final part, that is the conclusion, the author has summed up what has been done in this thesis and pointed out the room left for further study and modifications in this field.Taking an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the previous studies, the author proposes the study of the vague phenomena in A Dream of Red Mansions, and the author hopes her effort can be of any positive consequences. Still this broad topic is open for other researchers to discuss and help with perfection.