On The Duality Writing In Herman Melville's Fictional Art

When we read carefully Melville's works,it is not difficult to find out that his works have the character of vague,ambiguous,miscellaneous,paradoxical.This can be summarized as Duality writing.The Duality in Melville's fictions can not be simply summarized as contradictory sides,but a juxtaposition of multiple relations.It is embodied in many aspects such as characters,plots,ideological implications in his works.Melville presented the double standard of American civilization by Duality writing,also expressed the philosophical thinking about human circumstances.This article mainly explores the Duality writing art of Melville's fictions.The thesis is divided into three parts: introduction,text and conclusion.The main body is divided into five chapters.This is a detailed analysis and in-depth discussion of the Duality of the Melville's fictios.The introduction introduces the reasons for the topic,the current research status,the innovation and the expected value of this article.The whole feature of American Literature in the 19 th Century is versatility and complexity.The primary task of the first batch of American writers of the 19 th century was to create a national literature with American characteristics,and Melville appeared to be particularly special in this group of writers.He is a master,but also the most maverick.His works had been neglected for a long time before and after his death.There is little research on the overall artistic characteristics of Melville's fictions,so for his works there are still great space of research.In a word,Duality writing is the thesis of this paper.The five chapters of the text mainly discuss what is Duality writing? What is the effect of Duality writing? And why is there Duality writing? According to the corollary,it is concluded that the writing of Duality is mainly manifested in the characterization,plot setting and concept form of his works.Duality writing also produces powerful artistic effects.Firstly,in terms of content and theme,the Duality writing has enriched the connotation of the fictions.Secondly,it makes the text system present a transcendence and advance.Finally,Duality has created a dual identity narrative perspective,as well as a compound fictions text.The Duality writing in Melville's fictions have their profound literary origin,consciousness and social roots.The inheritance and development of European romanticism have significant influences on Melville's creations in the aspect of literary tradition.But Melville's acceptance of the romantic tradition is creative.His fictions are a combination of personal characteristics and the generality of the times.From a sociological point of view,as an American writer in the 19 th century,Melville,on the one hand,must have considered readers and market demands,and on the other hand he sticked to his artistic pursuit.For the sake of both,his works presented Duality.In addition,Melville is a great writer,but he is also difficult to get rid of the imperial consciousness hidden in his heart.He criticized colonial plundering,racial discrimination and other unjust acts in his works,but also reveals the potential white superiority and imperial consciousness.This is the culture that he cannot get rid of,and it becomes the deep root of his Duality writing.The ideological aspect is related to the unique American religious and philosophical movements,that is,the multidimensional development of the Puritanism and the rose of the Transcendentalism movement in the North America.Melville was deeply influenced by these two thoughts,but saw its limitation,often reflected on it and challenged it,and then tried to surpass and jumped out of the limitations of these inherent thoughts,thus resulting in the writing mode of Duality.Actually,the Duality in Melville's fictions is rooted in the American Spirit.It is a product of the interaction of inheritance and environment with diversity and dialectics.The Duality in Melville's fictions is the embodiment of this spiritual core.