The Narrative Mode Study Of Qing Dynasty Chivalrous Detective Novels

Chivalrous detective novels is one kind of novels types which put traditional chivalrousstorys and detective fictions into together.Which including upright officals judge cases,pleadfor the people and Xiake uphold justice, get rid of the cruel and pacify the good people. QingDynasty as the most important development stage in chivalrous detective novels’ history,therewere lots of chivalrous detective novels.”SHI GONG AN””PENG GONG AN”” SAN XIAWU YI”are the representative works of chivalrous detective novels in Qing Dynasty,whichnot only rich in content, but also in the narrative way and characteristic. This paper drawslessons from western structuralism narratology method, in the narrative structure, narrativetime-space, narrative situation and narrative skills four aspects,gives three works whichrepresent the level of the Qing Dynasty chivalrous detective novels a comprehensiveexplanation.This paper divides into four chapters:Chapter one” segment type bilinear narrative structure”.On the basis of furthering thedefinition of Qing Dynasty chivalrous detective novels,we could analyze these novels’narrative structure to point that such as”SHI GONG AN””PENG GONG AN”” SAN XIAWU YI” which representative works of chivalrous detective novels has a segment typebilinear narrative structure, the motif consists of plot structure,the open happy ending.Chapter two” narrative time and space in Qing Dynasty chivalrous detectivenovels”.From the aspects of the time sequence,space form in”SHI GONG AN””PENGGONG AN”” SAN XIA WU YI”,we could investigate these works’ narrative spatiotemporalcharacteristics to find that these works put the” fantasy time-space”and”historicaltime-space”into together.Chapter three” narrative situation in Qing Dynasty chivalrous detective novels”.Fromthe aspects of narrator, narrative perspective and narrative way,we could discuss the narrativecontext features of this kind novels to find that the narrative situation of these works is consisted by multiplicity narrator, multivariate angle of view and subjective narration way.Chapter four”narrative skills in Qing Dynasty chivalrous detective novels”. From theanalysis of this kind of works by the narrative skills of delay, coincidence, legendary,to pointout that the using of these techniques in these texts for the impact of characters, plot andtheme composition and other aspects.