"strange Tales" And Its Legendary Novel After A Comparative Study

The studies of ancient Chinese literature and culture have scored great successes .It is easy to see that during the research many famous works,such as The Romance of the Three Kindoms,Heroes of the Marshes,Strange Tales from a lonely Studio are always in scholars graces.For example,The Romance of the Three Kindoms is a forerunner of Chinese historical novels;Heroes of the Marshes sparks off a tide of the creation of heroic legend. Just as these two great literary works,after the Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio coming into being,a lot of writers imitated its style.Thus it exerts a tremendous influence on the creation of writings in classical Chinese of these works,the most successful ones are:Ying Chuang Yi Cao, Ye Tan Sui Lu, Ye Yu Qiu Deng Lu, Ye Yu Qiu Deng Lu Xu Lu and Xie Duo.This thesis puts its focus on the comparative study of the Strange Tales from a Lonely Sudio and the lengendary novels written under its influence, which mainly consists of the following aspects:I, The reflection of society in ideology:Firstly,from perspective of exposure of political darkness .Its achievements in this aspect far surpass its imtitation.Secondly,the attack towards the malpractice and harm of the imperial examinations.Thirdly,realistic works pay great attention to each social stratum,especially to the lower strata of society.On this aspect,the Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio have a dominant priority over its imitations,which is obviously reflected in the description and attitude towards the prostitutes and merchants.IK The contrast between the artistic achievement.Firstly, the creation of characters.Secondly, the plot.Thirdly, the language art.Fourthly, Ying Chuang Yi Cao and the likes are all written under the influence of the Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and many of them are same in subjects and style, although their artistic achievements are leveled differently.ILL Compared with the Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio,the innovation and development of its imitations.Because of the late arrival and their writers personal efforts, the four legendary novels after the Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio contain some new thoughts and artistic achievements in them.