Heavy Rose - Liu Zhenyun Novel Narrative Research

Liu Zhenyun is one of the most influential contemporary authors in China. His plentiful and meaningful works artistically flash before us, which evokes our interest in studying them. From a longitudinal study of his works, we can easily come to a conclusion that error-correcting mentality is considered the clue of all his books. As a Chinese contemporary novelist, Liu Zhenyun conveys to us his love for life and deep concern about society with comparatively extensive and deep words which arouse a lot of meditation in a philosophical error-correcting mentality theme.This paper is divided into three chapters to elaborate:The first chapter mainly focuses on the whole error-correcting conversations in Mr. Liu’s works to show the relationship between the author and the world which changes from nervousness to mutual understanding. Meanwhile, techniques and rhetorical devices most in use are enumerated. Both are the keys to understanding Liu Zhenyun’s works.The second chapter analyzes Mr. Liu’s latest book A Word for Ten Thousand from an angle of narrative literature. The use of the narrative theory to make an analysis of questions about the book is the extension of the first chapter, which initiates the discussion of the value and meaning of Liu Zhenyun inevitably.The last one criticizes the work of Mr. Liu’s value and meaning, analyzes certain limitations of his writing and forecasts his writing future.