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The Mythological Analyze Of The Chinese Back-in Time Novels

Posted on:2017-01-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330536462767Subject:Folklore
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Back-in time novels have taken up the main front of the internet literature with a impressive speed,developed into a new type of literature,which has to be attention.There are some mythological images,primitive thinking,narrative patterns in back-in time novels.They appears many times and contains some ancient mythical archetypes,such as death regeneration archetype,archetypal Great Mother,hero archetype.These mythical archetypes with national emotions and experiences shows special characteristics by web-writers.This paper tries to start from the perspective of archetypal criticism,digging through the novel to find the traditional culture behind them in order to provide a new perspective to the research of back-in time novels.In addition to a short comb on the current situation of back-in time novels and prototype theory in introduction part,this paper are devided into four parts to analysis the back-in time novels in the perspective of mythological archetype.In the first chapter,it was discussed about the basic development of myth prototype theory and back-in time novels,to clarify the forming process and the core point of myth prototype theory.On the other hand,making a different definition from the narrow and broad angles to divergent views novels is also the content of this chapter.Based on this,a short and brief introduction of typical mythical archetypes in back-in time novels is included,too.Second chapter is about the death regeneration archetype.Death regeneration myth is the primitive men's original interpretation of life,in which the immortality of the soul and regeneration is a basical mind to against the death of primitive men.The modern people inherited and developed the primitive men's understanding of life,becaming the Narrative Motif of “Death regeneration” in back-in time novels:Humans can break the irreversibility of time and space,body and soul can through time and space and rebirth after death.The third chapter is to analysis the Great Mother archetypal of back-in time novels.There is a kind of novels called “Women's back-in time novels”,which made female as the heroine,mainly described women's singular journey in the different time and space.Such novel shaped females flawlessly.On one hand is a motherhood return to traditional virtue,such as a selfless love,generous and tolerant.On the other hand,the final power weilding of Women,become powerful incarnation,but also a direct expression.of respecting the original matriarchal female authority.The fourth chapter analyzed the hero archetype in back-in time novels.Hero archetype embodied in Men's back-in time novels",namely making the male as protagonist,about a meritorious hero's feats by defending the homeland after back to different time and space,This part revealed the modern hero complex from the hero's birth,heroic victory,heroic ending three aspects.The conclusion points out the positive significance of back-in time novels on inheritancing the mythological prototype.Back-in time novels made a non-borrowing from the myths,it has played a role in the protection of traditional culture in the unconscious,which is just positive value of back-in time novels.On the other hand,the archetypes of back-in time novels emerged different characteristics in the background of new times which is the result of prototype of myth's alteration in the historical development of literature.Under the guidance of the mythological prototype theory,back-in time novels got a heavy feelings.Because of novels,the theory of mythological prototype showed a few new cultural traits.It is the effective integration of traditional culture and modern civilization to study the novels in the view of the mythological prototype,reveal the novel's original culture connotation,point out the practical significance of mythological prototype.
Keywords/Search Tags:Back-in time novel, Mythical Archetype, Death Regeneration, The Great Mother, Hero
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