Study On Connections Between Traditional Opera And Narrative In The Family Novels Of Ye Guangqin

In contemporary literature, Ye Guangqin is a writer who deeply roots in traditional culture and full of vigor. Especially novels created according to her own unique experience of the family,are considered as classic works in contemporary literature. She grew up in the traditional opera culture. As a consequence, the traditional opera have permeated in her experience of life and become a mirror referred to her existence. In modern society, the traditional opera that have been prosperous among hundreds of years are in difficult position.The process of changing from flourish to decadence correspond to the Ye Guangqin family experience spiritedly.In Ye Guangqin family novels, the traditional opera have important narrative function,which mainly reflect in three aspects. First of all, from the time of the traditional opera and the novel, the traditional opera is a kind of art form with long history. Not only traditional opera’s own developmental time and the novel’s have the internal connection, but the sense of time and life that are generated in traditional opera can help author transform the narrative time in novels,which can form the unique time in text. Secondly, the traditional opera also have important function in constructing the novel space, which can enrich the level of the novel. Activity space in traditional opera culture, such as all sorts of theatrical stages also provide an important background for characters in novels. In addition, Ye Guangqin built two kind of metaphorical system through the traditional opera in her family novels. "Life is like a drama" is the most important essential metaphor. Opera symbolizes the experience of life, which not only reflects a way of understanding life of the author, but also implies the complex and sad feelings that the author has for the lost lives. On the basis of essential metaphor, a kind of structural metaphor "watching and being watched" is also derived, which includes "watching and being watched" of characters in internal opera, between characters in novels and opera of characters in novels,between novels and authors, readers. Ye Guangqin has a profound philosophical reflection on life by presenting a kind of“watching and being watched” way.It is naturally significant that the form of novels and opera merge innovatively in Ye Guangqin family novels, and she digs traditional culture particularly, which provides new possibilities for contemporary writers. However, as the traditional opera have weaknesses in novel writing, writers and researchers should treat it with caution.