The Study On The Characters And Narrative Relationship In Er Yuehe's "Sunset Trilogy"

Since the 1990 s,the creation of Chinese historical novels has entered a boosting period as many kinds of historical novels have sprung up in the sights of the researchers and the readers.Among all those novels,Er Yuehe's works,Emperor Kangxi,Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor Qianlong have been attracting many readers.In the Qing dynasty,under Emperor Kangxi,Yongzheng and Qianlong's rule,the Chinese culture,politics,and economy have reached the heyday of feudal society.Meanwhile,the Qing Dynasty was still and arrogant which leaded to its final destruction.The so-called back-to-light time of the feudal society is like sunset,after the sparkle,the dynasty went to sink.Therefore,Er Yuehe created a series of works known as the "Sunset Trilogy".The works are great combinations of character,event and the environment,and character is the core.A good novel needs the author's careful construction of the characters,and this article will look into the characters in Er Yuehe's novels to find out the importance of characters in a wonderful narration,explore the relationship between the characters and stories,discuss the characters' function in the narration and see the author's overall plan of the characters as he organizes the characters as if playing chess.First,this part summarizes the academic circle's study on the "Sunset Trilogy",about the traditional culture,popular culture and the relationship between historical truth and artistic pursuit,and the comparison with other historical novels of the same period,as well the criticism of the book and the analysis of the various characters in the book.The second,statistics and classification of characters: mainly based on the status,the actual situation and the importance of the characters in order to cover all aspects without being to messy under this clear classification.Next,this chapter mainly demonstrates how the characters contribute to the development of the plot,how they create suspense in a story,drive the plot and characters tone and bring the readers abundant reading experience.Once more,this chapter basically analyses the author's narrative structure when planning and organizing the story and the character's role in building the structure from two aspects,the overall-side or main direction and the micro-side or specific details.The last,the characters' symbolic function: this part is mainly about two parts.First,the function of the main characters in the narrative.Second,the minor characters' function.The lead of the main characters and support of the minor characters help build a complete story.