To Study Of The Tragic Females In Historical Records

Historical Records is not only a great historical works but also a great literary works, andits literary value has ever been the focus for scholars. Its literary value includes lots ofcontent, the tragic aspect included. For the facts above, I make a further study of the tragicfemales in Historical Records.There are5chapters in my thesis.Chapter1the classification of tragic female figures in Historical Records. According tomy statistics, there are402female figures in Historical Records, whereas the tragic figuresare as many as231,which make up57.5%of all the female figures. For convenience’ssake, I divide them into the ones from upper classes, the ones from lower classes and thosefrom other nationalities in order to embody SiMa Qian’s all–round view on women.Chapter2the study of typical tragic females in Historical Records----comparative studyof empress Lv’s and empress Wei’s tragedies. Both Lv and Wei are empresses of Handynasty,but there are some similarities and differences between their tragedies. The thesismakes a comparison and a study in terms of their birth, power on family’s side,and attitudeto life.Chapter3the cause of tragic females in Historical Records. The reasons for it are variousand complex. To sum up, the objective reasons are feudal system, the wars on end, and soon. The subjective reasons are the influence by the author’s subconsciousness of tragedy, theloss of self-awareness of feudal women and so on.Chapter4the aesthetic feature of tragic females in Historical Records. Historical Recordsrecords the tragic females, and tragic females bring glory to the tragic feature of HistoricalRecords. We name the special tragic aesthetic effect, coming from tragic female figure,beauty of femininity,which lies in solemn and stirring beauty, maternal beauty,and gracefulbeauty,and so on.Chapter5the comparison of images of tragic females between Historical Records andpre-Qin dynasty literal works. Historical Records is not the first one which focuses on tragicfemale figures in the long span of literal history. Many pre-Qin dynasty literal works involvetragic female figures, such as the tragic goddess in the Classic Mountains and Rivers, the tragic abandoned wives in the Book of Songs, the tragic female hostess in ZUO ZHUAN,andso on.However, the tragic females by SiMa Qian involve the females all walks of life,evenfrom other countries, more importantly, the females are not the made-up figures in literalworks any more,but the true ones in reality.To sum up, we can find out the description of tragic feature in Historical Records ismore comprehensive, the lyric feature is stronger,and the tragic sense of beauty is morecolorful and exquisite by studying the tragic females in Historical Records. Of course, thosementioned above are where we study the tragic females in Historical Records.