Study On The Stories Of Die For Love In Wei Jin Northern And Southern Dynasties

Based on the special historical background,the story of dying for love which has emerged and widely spread during the period of the Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties,has been influenced by many aspects,such as social atmosphere,historical culture,and aesthetic thought and so on,and has been continuously developed in the process of circulation.This thesis aims at making a study on the story of dying for love in the period of the Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties,and there are four chapters in this thesis.The first chapter includes the study on the stories of die for love and its causes.Through the analysis of the story of dying for love in the ancient mythology and the pre-Qin Dynasty as well as Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties,explores the origin of the story of dying for love,and analyzes the reasons for the widespread of the story of dying for love during Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.It is believed that the story of dying for love has been influenced by the scholars' customs valuing feelings came into fashion.The tragic ending of the story of dying for love is in conjunction with the aesthetic tendencies viewing sorrow as beauty in the Wei-Jin Dynasties,which brought out more imaginative stories of “dying for love”.The second chapter is on the patterns and textual analysis of stories of die for love in the Wei,Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties.The thesis starts with some works of the story of dying for love,then takes ways of dying for love and contents of the plot as the main classification standard,finally investigates the story of dying for love in the period of Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.These stories of dying for are different,and the plot is strange.Through the analysis of these stories of dying for love,we know the ideological content reflected behind these stories,and feel the cruel social reality and the strong pursuit of love at that time.The third chapter tells the cultural connotation and narrative features of the stories of die for love during that period.The story of dying for love in this period bears a rich cultural connotation,which reflects the people's view of marriage and love,the consciousness of life and the awakening of women's self consciousness.The stories are narrated from the omniscient perspective,and the narratives are more detailed.The plot is vivid and rich,which adds the credibility of the story of dying for love.Beside,the language is concise and natural,spoken lively and vivid,and in the narration of the story,it adopts the form of rhyme and essay.The fourth chapter introduces the influence of the stories of die for love on later literature.The stories of die for love in the Wei,Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties has a profound impact on later literature,because they offered rich materials for future literary creation.After the continuous absorption,fusion and development,the stories of die for love,no matter the legends in Tang Dynasty or dramas and fictions in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,have shown more appeal for literature and art.The conclusion summarizes the preceding contents of the paper.The stories of die for love in Wei,Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties not only have its unique artistic appeal and long-lasting research value,but profoundly impact on later literature.