The Evolution Of The Heroine’s Images In The Novel Of Ming And Qing

In the long history of Chinese literature，many scholars have created a series ofthe images of women，such as Liu Lanzhi in Southeast Fly the Peacocks，Li Wa in LiWa Biography，Huo Xiaoyu in Huo Xiaoyu Biography，Cui Yingying in WestChamber，Du Liniang in the Peony Pavilion and so on，these women displayed onChinese history and culture scene in distinctive images. However unfortunately，theheroine images are rarer than other women’s images in the literature.Heroine is different from other women’s images，their characteristic is stunt，audacity，penetration，patriotism and so on，heroine images can be dated back to theTang legend，for instance，women’s images in Nie Yinniang and Hong Xian，whichare based on the heroine images.As a first novel of saga-the Outlaws of the Marsh, the author paid his attention tomale hero，meanwhile，many words also would be given to the three heroines，but，the hostile and combative attitude toward female characters in this novel，there is atendency to demonize heroine to some extent. After appearance of the Generals ofYang Family，heroines began to have some good fate，and the female images in thisnovel are the intelligent brave women．The writer highly praised that those womenperformed brilliant exploits in defending our country， especially their greatcontributions to the peaceful life．At the same time，just like men，those women arehighly valued in the society．Across the track of the evolution of the heroine’s images, we can see that theauthors attitude towards the heroine compared with the previous have biggerdifference, and women value are confirmed step by step. However，scholars can’tcompletely broke through the feudal culture who are deeply influenced by traditionalculture. Therefore，heroine’s images still didn’t get rid of the bondage of masculinity，their value can be realized by men，they are still under the male patriarchy.