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On Ethic Narration And Narration Ethic In Hosseini’s Novels

Posted on:2016-08-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y X YaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330473455385Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Khaled Hosseini (hereinafter referred to as Hosseini) is Afghanistan American writer and his novels have won great reputation for him. We know that the selected perspective of the works can highlight to show his cultural ideas, values and aesthetic choice and expresses the writer’s value orientation bright or implicitly. Through the vicissitudes of his character, we can explore the complex and fuzzy unspeakable ethical dilemma between Afghan parents and children inside the family, husband and wife, brothers and sisters and so on. What’s more, Hosseini who was born in Afghanistan, always puts his motherland on the axis position, pays attention to the description of the national survival circumstances in the novels with distinctive and strong characteristics of immigrant literature.In recent years, the study of Hosseini has obtained some achievements, but these researches mainly focused on the social and historical level, lack of integral extensional interpretation of expansion from an ethical perspective. Based on the present research status, this paper attempts to make use of these two concepts to grasp fictions which has been published. From ethics and narrative level, we can combine "ethical narration" with "narrative ethics", excavate the distinctive charm of the works, infer the unique literary ethics of Hosseini. Then we can grope Hosseini’s unique literature viewpoint from two aspects which are ethics implication and narrative way.This paper mainly includes the following five parts:The first part centers on the family ethical narration, mainly including four aspects within the family which are the relationships between father and son, mother and daughter, husband and wife, young and old. Through the reflection and exploration of the relationship of family ethics, Hosseini profoundly reveals the ethical dilemma of family "alienation", also showed his humanitarian ethical appeals.The second part is to state ethics narrative of Hosseini’s creation, making home country as the research object. Hosseini shows his deep concern for the fate of the nation through the description of the main characters of the flight --linger--regression. A detailed study about the home country concept of Hosseini, for us to understand complex mentality and perspective from contemporary diaspora Literature and cross-border works, will have important inspiration.The third part is making Hosseini’s narrative strategy as the object of study. This chapter is analyzed from three aspects:the reincarnation of the character structure, potential metaphorical structure and scapegoat archetype. Starting from these three aspects to carry on the elaboration, or focus on depicting, or the predigest description, or touch on lightly, or praise, or flay, show the superb narrative skills and masterly narrative ethics of Hosseini.The fourth part researches the narrative perspective of Hosseini, mainly including two aspects:civilians, immigration and children perspective; the first person perspective, third person perspective and perspective conversion. First, the civilian perspective displays his emotional position. Second, immigration perspective reveals the diaspora population situation. And, the humanistic perspective highlights his suffering consciousness of the intellectuals. He is good with calm statements to write, multiple perspectives to depict character, with literati feelings to depict vulnerable groups, which inspired the cultural significance of social conscience, in order to bring important society culture significance.The last part summarizes Hosseini’s vast vision and multi angle thinking which profit from his multicultural identity. These are occupation identity and immigration status. The doctor identity inspires his compassion, responsibility and sense of justice. The immigration status causes his spirit "suspension" and the crisis of cultural identity. Gazing at Afghanistan, he owns sympathy for the status quo and the prospects of better expectations. He emphasizes family, home country and the relationship of the character to excavate the depth of common humanity from ordinary narrative.
Keywords/Search Tags:Khaled Hosseini, ethical narrative, narrative ethics
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