Research On The Anecdote Novels Of Song Dynasty

The anecdote novels of the Song Dynasty are very prosperous, but the research on them is not enough, not only in the scope but also in the depth. Therefore the research on them need be deepened and widened. The paper defines the concepts of "the novel" and "the anecdote novel", determines the research objects and divides the categories and development phases of the anecdote novels of the Song Dynasty. Then it introduces the contents of the anecdote novels of the Song Dynasty by analyzing the social ideological trend, social convention and so on. The contents involves the late society of Tang & Five Dynasties, the turbulent political situation, the patriotic ideological trend of the mid and late Southern Song Dynasty and so on. The contents of the anecdote novels is closely related with the times. At the same time, the paper concentrates on writing thoughts, writing styles and writing characters of anecdote novels of the Song Dynasty. Writing thought mainly inspects three aspects: the motives of writing, the writing principle and individual tendentiousness .The writing style inspects the styles of "Shi Shuo type" anecdote novels and "Za Ji type" anecdote novels. The writing characteristic mainly inspects the novel clue, the novel structure, the description of characters and events and so on. In addition, the paper also researches on the literary value, the historic value and the social and the cultural value of anecdote novels in the Song Dynasty.