The Characters Of "Sandalwood Death" In The Perspective Of Psychoanalysis

The inner world and the unconscious area of the characters were described extensively in the novel "Sandalwood Death" by Mo Yan.Through the spiritual world of the characters in "Sandalwood Death",the writer extended the strokes into the heart of the characters.The characters' micro psychology,thinking activities,macro mental processes,conflicts and other spiritual activities were vividly displayed.The detailed grasp of the characters' psychology makesd showing a pluralistic,deep connection between the spiritual world of the characters and Freud 's psychoanalysis theory.The paper tried to psychoanalyze the main characters of the novel,from the angle of Freud's unconscious theory,instinct theory(including the life instinct and death instinct),personality structure theory and theory of dreams.The paper sorted out their spiritual world from analyzing the external behavior and personality of the main characters,"a woman named Sun Meiniang who struggled with love and the kingdom Guqiu hate","a man named Qian Ding who typically represented the fate of intellectuals living in the end of feudal society","an executioner named Zhao Jia who was the embodiment of human evil","the tragic heroes such as Sun Bing,etc".The paper searched for the inner flow of consciousness,instinctive impulse,split personality and illusion,which explored the inner motivation of the thought and behavior.In order to grasp the complex psychology and speech acts of the characters,the characters,the causes of tragedy and the theme of the novel better.On this basis the paper tried to analyze the author's creative psychology and the readers' reading psychology for understanding Mo Yan's creative motivation,creative ideas and comprehending aesthetic effects of works in the reader's psychological level.The paper points out,there are a large number of descriptions of the unconscious field in the characters' spiritual world of "Sandalwood Death".There are a lot of matches between the description and Freud's psychoanalytic theory such as the unconscious theory,the instinct theory,the personality structure theory and the theory of dreams.On the other hand,Freud's theory provides a new perspective and basis of interpretation for analysis of the deviants,away from the traditional characters.