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Lu She E's Novels And Modern Shanghai Elements

Posted on:2011-02-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360305499010Subject:Literature and art
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As an outstanding novelist of modern times, Lu Shi E achieved magnificently and left many works in the period between the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China. His creation involves various styles, including social novel, historical novel, martial arts novel, medical novel, and so on. All these that represent his general features and styles are indispensable in the research of Lu. It is important to research him and his novels by an open, multi-level and multi-dimensional way.Beginning with Lu's life, researcher discussed the element of modern shanghai in his novel from four aspects. The first is the city values of shanghai highlights in his novels. It is the individualism and egoism as the essence of commercialization and civilization, and the future ideology transformed from open and inclusive city spirit. The second is the relationship between Lu's novels and modern literature of shanghai. Researcher concludes local, modernity and rebellion as three major characteristics after summarizing modern Shanghai novel literature, following by a discussion of the shanghai style and Lu's novel. The third is the cultural space between Lu's novels and modern literature of shanghai. In the reconstruction process of Shanghai, Lu constantly improves the city imagination and creates a representative cultural imagination in his novel, which presented free spatial structure of culture uncontrolled by the official and political power. This part describes Zhang Yuan, foreign settlement and Si Ma Lu, and carries on explanation to the connotation and the significance of the modern Shanghai culture space. Finally, Lu's representative works,《Social Secret History》is analyzed from content and narration.After interpreting and analyzing these four aspects, the author as far as possible reveals the Shanghai element contained in Lu's novels. Shanghai elements are not only shanghai style character reflected in the text, but also explore the city elements of Modern Shanghai and cultural space, related to Lu's cultural status.
Keywords/Search Tags:Lu Shi E's novel, Culture identity, Modern coconsciousness, City space, Literary character, Social secret history
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