A Study Of Classical Chinese Novels In The Late Qing Dynasty

Modern newspapers began to rise and flourish in late Qing dynasty of Shanghai, and it is a new phenomenon that newspapers and magazines published many literary works such as classical Chinese novels during this period. There have been several widespread works, although classical Chinese novels do not occupy the mainstream position. These novels have their value and significance in the history of Chinese literature.Wang tao’s Song Ying Man Lu and Han Bangqing’s Tai Xian Man Gao are are typical classical Chinese novels which published in newspapers during that period of Shanghai. These works have thier new elements in content and form that different from traditional classical Chinese novels. So, this paper discusses the new social context and the influence of media to the traditional classical Chinese novels based on the two stories. At the same time, we can also take care of the traditional Chinese intellectual’s unique life under the influence of western new ideas.The preface is about the value of the research, the current achievements of the task and my approaches. In order to reveal the characteristics of classical Chinese novels published in journal, the first chapter focuses on Song Ting Man Lu and Tai Xian Man Gao which published in Dian Shi Zhai Pictorial and A Remarkable Book in Shanghai respectively. The second chapter discusses about the uniqueness of the author’s identity, and then studies on the correlation of authors, readers and the novel text from the perspective of reception aesthetics. Pluralistic theme of these classical Chinese novels such as new female images and overseas customs are summarized in the third chapter. The forth chapter analyzes the realistic meanings behind the fiction of two collections by talking about the influence of the dreamland and the changeable narrative perspective. The last chapter introduces flexible writing skills and the artistic individuality of these two stories by analyzing their narrative art and their writing style of "reportage literary" and "travel prose".