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The Twentieth Century "bandits Line Novel" Creative Phenomenon

Posted on:2010-04-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Q ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360272994243Subject:Literature and art
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Why do some writers choose materials of "bandits" as the subject of their literary creations? The author believes that the life of the writers might have certain connections with that of the bandits, which constitutes the major part of their experience and is engraved deeply into their minds; that the writers, long under the influence of the local culture, develop sort of spiritual fondness for the lifestyle of bandits unconsciously, which leads to the writers' "bandit complex"; that the writers introduce the odd stories far away the peaceful age or the retrospective bygones beyond people' s reach to pursue rational introspection on current culture and seek its root. The article classified and analyzed the decisions affecting the subjective and objective factors that the author has created. In a deeper sense, from the perspective of the cultural course of human society, the revival or the rekindling of the bandit theme in contemporary context is due to either genetic heredity or cultural deposit, and allows us to feel the exotic beauty of savages and wilderness that completely differs from the modern urban civilization. It is just like a playback of the scenes of human childhood, putting into carnival the deep-rooted primitive desire and instincts. "Bandit-like existence", as a primitive imagery that has been repeated for millions of years in early human times, has long been molded as part of human psychology, namely collective unconsciousness, sealed intact in the riverbed of everyone's unconsciousness. Facing such a powerful current of spiritual heritage, modern people find identification with the remote past from the severe conflicts deep in their minds, and dispirited mental state and over-cautious rationalism become vulnerable. The imagination, imitation and poetic representation of the chaotic and secluded bandit existence in the form of literature become the discharge of the instinctive force, the activation of the savage lifestyle of our primitive ancestors, meanwhile the realistic reflection as well as an irony of the morbid modern civilization. Therefore, a bandit novel, immensely shocking our senses, not only serves as a rational reflection as well as a reference to our times, but also contains the survival cipher of a people at its core.
Keywords/Search Tags:writer, bandits, complex, prototype, Instinct
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