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Narrative Pattern Research On New-period Saga Novel

Posted on:2014-11-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y HeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330422960951Subject:Chinese Language and Literature
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Saga novel, described the theme of "family", has enjoyed considerable prominence in the development history of Chinese literature and was one of the most coverage power motif forms, and its creation led to a peak, especially since the middle1980s. Authors, through the individual and historical narrative point of view, extremely enriched grand narrative pattern of traditional family country integration which was represented by A Dream of Red Mansions and Family immensely, to rethink and locate the clan culture. Thus, the narrative analysis on new-period saga novel gradually attracted scholars’ attention. New-period saga novel appeared some new models and outburst features in the narrative time and space, narrative perspective and narrative structure from narratology analyses.New-period saga novel innovated narrative structure constantly on the basis of inheriting and absorbing the quintessence of western literature, which had both the grand narrative saga novel of home countries isomorphism and Individualized saga novel of banter. What the salient narrative structure were family fortunes and narrative of fortress besieged.New-period saga novel began to abandon the omniscient traditional narrative visual angle and turn to the innovation of limited internal perspective intentionally--the limited adult perspective of the first person, children or deformity perspective and substituted figural perspective of the third person. The innovation of the narrative perspective brought reading fun of defamiliarization and widened creative space for readers, but the confusion of the figural perspective was also denounced by common people. Author’s way to design the narrative time and space emerged Author’s attitude to family, history, culture, personality, social fate. Three special the narrative time and space patterns could be digged from the case studies--The20th Act, Bailu Plain, Alive, etc. They were as follows:singlet one, Internet one woven by longitude and latitude, ring-like or recurrence one.In the diversified era context, new-period saga novel is booming. While the Simplifying of the theme, the consistency of the plot structur e and the identity of the character prototype have exposed that the saga novel’s typological narrative is rolled out. Which fails to agree with the present literature whose narrative style advocates personalization.Ascertaining the innovation of saga novel’s narrative form and dissecting the problem of the typological narrative have prominent epochal significance and literary value for saga novel’s continuous flourish.
Keywords/Search Tags:Saga Novel, New-Period, Fainily Narration, NarrativeEvolution, Narrative Pattern
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