Sade And 18th Century French Erotic Novels

As the great master of erotic novel, Sade has aroused great concern in the whole world and his works have brought gradually to chinese readers'attention. Nowadays, erotic culture is a part of the whole world culture, erotic novel, erotic film and other erotic artist styles are showing the special charm and modern meaning. This paper analyses the French background in the period of the Enlightenment in 18th century, such as politics, ecnomic, culture and religion, tracing back to the originate of erotic novel in the period of Humanism and working climax in the 18 th century, discribing its development in the 19th century. Expounding the erotic novel around Sade in the 19th century, the paper illustrates the special status of erotic novel in French literature's history. To the detailed research of Sade, I analyses his times and specific charateristics with his sepcial experiences, showing his text's form characteristics and erotic world, explaning the deep meaning and the important influence of himself and the France erotic novel in 18th century.