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Analysis Of Characters Of Modern Chinese Science Fiction

Posted on:2013-01-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330371980502Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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In modern times,in influence of Novel Revolution,the position of novels hadbeen upgrade and some traditional novels seemed perfect formerly had been replacedby different novels of new style which learned from the west as well as a series of newcategories of novels distinct from traditional ones had come into being, Science Fiction,Political Fiction and Detective Fiction, for instance. Science Fiction in modern timeswas similar to other new novel, however, it also had some heterogeneous charactersderived from the background of social transformation. Different from western ScienceFiction which had come into being and developing naturally, Chinese Science Fictionhad been granted an vital the burden of rescuing the nation. Reviewing the May FourthMovement,That Science had been a generally recognized way of cogitation and value system,the intellectual such as scientists, scholars, and learned women no longer limited toone conception, was contributed to Chinese Science Fiction in modern times , to someextent. In the progress of pursuing for Democracy and Science, Chinese ScienceFiction in modern times made a great contribution, which gave impetus to themodernization of China. Since there has been many researches on Chinese ScienceFiction in modern times, in terms of existing achievements of such researches, it isobvious that the consistency can’t be seen between our attention to the fictions andtheir realistic value, therefore, we shall have made more study on various aspects.In the light of such conditions, I suppose such deficiency in research owing tomany factors, for example, inadequate documentation, concentration on the object ofstudy, and comparatively separate study on translation and local novels. What is more,the study is in a limited scope as it is settled out of the background of socialtransformation of modern China. Researchers has been seeking for new angles, payingattention to the politicized way of thinking of the writers as well as the pan-politicaltendency of the works , but neglecting text reading, which based on specific works andhistorical context. From the angle of social transformation of modern China, the article tries to find the personalization features of Chinese Science Fiction in modern times interms of the authorship as well as the form and content of the text.In the part of the introduction, the article makes a discrimination of ChineseScience Fiction in modern times, especially makes a comparison with“kehuan”fiction , on the other hand, it lists systematically on the research of Chinese ScienceFiction in modern times.In chapter one, the article discusses the happening of modern Chinese ScienceFiction under the social transformation of modern China.In chapter two, according to the analysis of the social background and conditionsthat professional writers existing in, the article discusses the potential causes ofmultiplicity of identity of the writers’ and its relevance to the social transformation ofmodern China. On this basis, the article discusses the multiplicity of identity of thewriters’ which make a great influence on scientificity, fantasticality and literary.In chapter three, the article analyzes the text feature and the cause of the emergingof Chinese Science Fiction in modern times, including the co-exit of classical andvernacular languages, the low-quality of short-passage and the long-passage to becontinued, the first-person and flip narrative practice, and particular narrative objectsfirstly appeared in fiction history of China, which regarding the intellectual such asscientists, scholars, and learned women as the subject.
Keywords/Search Tags:modern times, social transformation, science fiction, characters
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