Research On Li Yu’s Prose

This article is a research on the Li Yu’s prose, and the full text can be divided eightparts:The introduction part states the origin and significance about the research, the studiesabout Li Yu at home and abroad, the research methods and writing ideas.Chapter one is mainly introduce Li Yu’s life and his thought, including pay attention tothe individual, the pursuit of pleasure, to Taoism, and believe in the love.Chapter two is about Li Yu’s narrative prose. The biographies are mostly about thepeople who living in the same period, and focuse on the typical detail to depict character.Landscape travel notes, tend to introduce the manners and customs and to express friendship,rarely depicit the natural scenery. The praise of objects Fu, which has profound meaning andnovel idea.Chapter three is about Li Yu’s epistolary prose. Epistolary prose reflect the author’soriginal opinions about literature, truthfulness to his friends, and the love to his family. Itsstyle is straight and humorous.Chapter four is about Li Yu’s argumentative essays.The history of paper are good atcombining time background, really discuss and express the sense of self. Style pays thekeywords, expresses in the form of literature history and changes the traditional form. Thepreface and postscript texts, which concise and clear, expose social evils, interpret theliterature concept and express feelings of relatives and friends.Chapter five is under the vision of the late Ming dynasty familiar essays,talking aboutthe creative characteristics of Xian qing ou ji. Introduce theme and artistic characteristics. Thesubject novel lies in broadening the range of performance, creative and the empiricalconsciousness. Artistic features mainly leisure, witty conversation, and the use ofconversation body. Chapter six summarizes Li Yu’s prose theory, prose achievements and influence.Expounding the prose innovative conception, spontaneously and lyrical, refinement of subjecttheory.Its success lies in the choice of essay topics and innovation, uses subjective narrative,emphasizes on himself and the diversification of narrative. Li Yu is the terminator sketchstyle in late Ming dynasty, his prose had a profound impact on Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang, andon contemporary life kind of prose essays, diet.Conclusion part summarizes this thesis study of gain and loss, and this topic researchcarries on the summary and outlook.