Historical View And Narrative Angle Of The New Historical Novel

The new historical novel, which rose in the late-mid-1980s, with its revolutionary form and innovative content, became a unique literary phenomenon of the new period literature. The new historical novel often uses folk perspective to watch history, which tries to show the complexity of human nature and the historical contingency in the complicated historical circumstances with subversive plot and novel narration, which deconstructs the traditional novel with grand narrative mode by using personal angle, which shows the understanding of traditional history and the separation of the mainstream opinion, and which causes the personal introspection of history.There is not a final conclusion of the definition or the category of the new historical novel. Therefore, this paper starts from the relationship of the new historical novel and the new historicism, summarizing the category of the new historical novel. Then, this paper analyses the dispelling of the new historical novel to the great meaning of history by discussing the dispelling of the new historical novel to the great meaning of revolution. By showing the destiny and family history of non-mainstream characters, showing the historical contingency and the true humanity, this paper analyses the construction of "little history" in the new historical novel, and then summarizes the historical view of the new historical novel. Finally, by analyzing the diversified narrative perspectives and the characteristic of imagery narrative, this paper summarizes the characteristic of narrative strategies of the new historical novel.The new historical novel annotates the different possibilities of history and refracts the creation development prospects of contemporary literature which are diversification and individuation. Aiming to the ideological content and creation technique of the new historical novel, this paper concludes the unique ideological content and narrative strategy of the new historical novel.