The Dramatic Style Of The Novel Sandalwood Death

"Sandalwood Death" is based on a Shandong Gaomi drama of the same name. Although Mo Yan chooses the story as the source material when writing, he does not stop exploration at the adaption of that story. He digs out the drama features that the novel can and might have by finding them in the drama, as well as the possibility that the drama specification can be written into the novel and the room for creativity. "Sandalwood Death" is not simply seek the dramatically legendary exaggeration, part of the novel itself has become a drama, not just containing a particular drama feature. Based on the historical origins of the novel and drama development, this paper is going to explore how the specification and the style of novel and drama can be combined by Mo Yan, who makes "Sandalwood Death" into not only a nice novel, but also a nice and beautiful drama.