A Study Of Feng Yue Meng

Xiaxie novels in late Qing Dynasty, with its unique narrative style, is existingtogether with the condemnation novels and chivalrous novels in the modern novelhistory. Feng Yue Meng opens the precedent of city courtesan novel, on the basis of itsunique charm of Yangzhou city, taking the vicissitudes of life between the so-called"noble childe" and fireworks prostitutes as the main line, brilliantly depicting the uniquestyles of social custom picture. Due to its late arrival, there exists big research space onFeng Yue Meng. Based on the existing research, this thesis makes a deep elaborationfrom three aspects of the theme, image interpretation and writing technique.The first part sorts out the theme of Feng Yue Meng. From the men’s moraladmonition, the compassion and tolerance on fallen women, exposing sinister world inthe late Qing Dynasty, and showing Yangzhou custom and human feelings and so on,this part clarifies that the theme Feng Yue Meng is rich and complex.The second part dissects the characters of the Feng Yue Meng. By describing thefour types of groups who are respectively the idle, rich and affectionate "Childe", thecharming and romantic woman, hateful and poor brothel operators, the brothel parasitessucking the lifeblood, Feng Yue Meng shows the beauty and ugliness of human mindand human nature. It is more valuable is to illustrate the beauty of human nature of theprostitute, display the awakening of female autonomy consciousness, which reflects theprogressive views on women.The third part discusses the writing technique of Feng Yue Meng. Through therealism narrative, the author pays attention to depicting the details, shows the deepknowledge of literature. Pre-narration mode plays an important role in arranging the plot in advance and foreshadowing the fate of the characters. Narrative perspectivetransfer has enhanced interestingness and infectivity of the text. City space architectureestablishes the full sense of reality and the period feeling of Yangzhou city for thereaders, which makes the novel to possess the unique artistic charm.