Returning To What Your Soul Is Longing For

Hong Ying is an overseas Chinese writer who can not be ignored in recent years, for her unique theme about life has promoted the contemporary literature to reach a new height of artistic aesthetics. Her works pay attention to life through reflection and try to seek self in the pursuit of life. The interpretation of the mystery of life, the release of life passion as well as the desire for a spiritual homeland are the trace of Hong Ying’s search for life. Hong Ying’s novels show a strong sense of concern for individual life. As an overseas Chinese woman writer, she puts this concern in the background of globalization and expresses it more forcefully from the perspectives of history, ethnic and culture.The thesis consists of four chapters.The first chapter mainly from the plight of background, explore novel" Daughter of the River " and" Death in Shanghai " the narrative theme. One is the survival time and identity introspection. The writer uses extremely cold strokes," suffering" in their own ways to restore, reveals the survival plight difficult survival and self spirit of fight, so that the" suffering" has a more profound meaning of life and history. Two is a historical opportunity under selection and destruction. Hong Ying a unique personal perspective, historical special circumstances under the individual living scene, showing that individuals with a history of complex relations, then highlights the character’s survival and fate choice, repositioning of the individual life in the particular historical period tragedy implication.The second chapter starts from the emotional desire to analyze how strong the desire is because of the war, the subversion and consciousness of this desire. It studies in depth the consciousness for the misery and nature of life.The second chapter from the emotional desire the domain proceed with, analysis of war novels and novels" K" narrative theme. A war scene desire prominent. The novel is that with the life essence as the backing, gradually explored the basic human desire and self examination of human existence, the love ideal and self value fully affirmed, the destiny of man and the dignity of the full attention. Two is the subversion of the subject and the consciousness of desire. Hong Ying in a super sex culture perspective of human life, the gender differences and conflicts between ablation, pursuit of poetic harmony between men and women. This is the female self identity recognition, is the vitality of the publicity and complete self remodeling process.The third chapter from the spirit drift angle, discusses the novel" Ananda" and" Peacock Cries at the Three Gorges " narrative theme. One is from the Ananda" escape " to " chase" and" redemption". Hong Ying will face accidentally obscured and obliterate the iniquity, to individual life in pain, guilt into groups of perception, wake on human life introspection and redeem. Two is the technological civilization and the essence of life. Hong Ying correctional long human nature to existing seek nothing but profits and quick one-track idea, trying to improve the relationship between human and nature attribute, establishment of life being dependent survival space and cultural space.The fourth chapter from the life themes sublimation perspective, discusses the implication of " the image of the river " and " the interpretation of religion" to the theme of life and the history of literature in her novels.