Cao Yu Images Construction And Symbolic Meaning Of The Early Plays

Cao Yu's early dramatic work , and is a system and a whole, they have the common symbol that symbolize the state of life------image. The image that combine reason with emotion is not only an important element of dramatic work, but also reveals character's survival condition and destiny, moreover enrichs implication of dramatic work's and loads bearing writer's profound humanistic concern and philosophy ponder. Chapter one, studing the image construction of Cao Yu's early dramatic work.View fromthe referred level, it can be highlighted as two kinds of form------"encircles"and"runs away". The image"encircles"constructed with"The well","The cage","The pit"and"The mire", it reveals the modern people's embarrassed living environment and the pain of survival. The image"runs away"constructed with"The gate"and"The window", it reveals that it is hard to escapes from the difficult position and hopeless of break through. View from the can referred level, the image"encircles"and"runs away"vividly reflect Cao Yu's unique humanistic perspective.Chapter two, studing the symbolic implication of the image. , and permeated with the identical subject, namely, inquiring about life condition and seeking the value of life. The characters who in Cao Yu's early dramatic work live in a survival circumstance which difficult to escape, namely,"to besiege a city". Through system analyse his dramatic:"The besieged city is a cage","The besieged city is a hell,"The besieged city is a coffin", we can see that it is specifically unfolds heaviness and buble ofmodern people's life, returns the attention and ponder about human's existence. That further elucidate"abstract heart city"analysis inner meaning of character's survival tragedy, bring forth hardship of individual life.Chapter three, seeking the reason of Cao Yu's early successful dramatic work. Times, the special family background, individual experience and all times and all coutries literature gradually created Cao Yu's individual dramatic concept. In which specially important is writer's compassionate individuality and high attention to survival philosophy .