History, Memory, And Literature

History and historical memory were one of the hot topics that many writers were paidmore attention to. Of course, Yan Geling, who settled abroad, was not an exception,and she still had strong feelings for history to form her own unique memories ofhistory. A lot of fictions of Yan were based on the history to pass out her historicalopinions about the pursuit of automatic, independent and comfortable living space, thepraises for the true, the good and the beautiful of human beings and paid attention tothe contemporary significance of history. This paper discussed the historical memoryof "The Ninth Widow" from the following aspects.Introduction. It introduced the contents, thinking and characteristics of "The NinthWidow" briefly. The historical feelings were used to show that Yan Geling had a keeninterest in history because of his personal experiences and her family history.1. Historical charm: Spiritual pursuit form Bohemia House. This chapter concludedthree sections. The first section elaborated historical connotation and its formingreason. And amount of subject matter themes highlighted her view of history; Thesecond part analyzed the tension forming by ethics and maithuna to present thespecial cognition of characters in history about the history, life and themselves; Thethird part mainly analyzed the individual voice hiding by history and ensured theindividual and good vitality in civil consciousness.2. Voice of Art: Unique interpretation about historical memory. This chapter discussedartistic characteristics and historical memory forming by art realistic and legend. Thefirst section analyzed the dwarf, locusts and other image groups that showed therespect for the wild, call of good nature; The second section analyzed the beautifullyrical scenes, simple and concise dialogue, continuous reverberation and humorouslanguage to show the musical beauty and scene beauty; The third section proposed thepeace and bland tone from the narrative point of view of the spectator and thecompact narrative rhythm.3. Imagine and Watch: value of historical memory. This chapter was divided into two sections: The first section advanced the literary aesthetic value of "The Ninth Widow"based on the historical background of physical, scene description that fits screenplayadaptation, which, on one hand, diluted the the historical background of easing theheavy the dark historical memory of people, on the other hand, to some extent, toexpand the influence of the work; The second section explored people’s spiritualworld and to reflect on the current value based on the focus on the fate of theindividual and the pursuit of classical love.Conclusion: Her literatures showed her imagination about Chinese history based onthe uncertainty in the history to show the possibility in pursuit of the true, the goodand the beautiful of human nature. Her view of history was not only bringing backmemories of the overseas Chinese, but also echoed the historical memory of themainland writers, which together constituted multi-level, multi-faceted interpretationfor the Chinese history to open up a more capacious perspective for the reader tounderstand the history and culture.