The Realm Of Sense In Han Shaogong’s Novel

By using the works, mainly his novels from the85s and mid-90s,"A dictionary of Maqiao" and "Suggestion", of contemporary writer Han Shaogong as the research texts, the research focus on the discussion about the realm of the sense in the author’s writing. Through the diachronic and synchronic dimensions, I excavated the author’s wiring of sense through different periods and levels. I also discovered the relationship between such transition in writing and the author’s personal experience and literary aspiration. Firstly, I discussed the massive images of biological activity and animalized body in Han’s works from85’s to mid-90’s. Secondly, I illustrated the theme of body anxiety and revolt in the same period, which reflects the author’s introspection of national destiny and modern civilization. Thirdly, I investigated the transition of the author’s writing of sense from a purely biological principle to a perceptual field, which on the one side, embodies his pursuit of continue to life ontology consciousness, while on the other side, shows his decreasing concern about reality and mundane life, and his increasing embrace of self-searching and nature-discovering. In the last part, I wrote about the relationship between Han’s writing and the reality the writer faced, and claimed that the transition of Han’s writing of sense is a process from anti-centripetal to centripetal. The main methods I used are close reading and comparative research. By analyzing the details of Han’s wiring, and by comparing Han’s work with western writers like Milan Kundera, Charles Baudelaire and Fernando Pessoa, the thesis will discover the transition and significance of Han Shaogong’s writing of sense.