Tradition And Modernism:Breakthrough Of Form

Water image in Gefei's novels is far beyond the presentation of its own content and combined with the narrative.It becomes a form of narrative.A lot of description of water,the author's narration is temporarily independent from the story,so that the narrator's voice is strengthened.The narrator's voice spreads from the senses to make it present more concrete.But this feeling's presentation often have a tendency to marginalize.The narrator uses the water to move the senses toward a more subtle flow of objectivity,away from the mainstream narrative habits.This painstaking narrative style itself carries a rather strong lyric color.The lyricism of the water under the description of Gefei contains both the classical feelings and the thinking of modernity.The thought and emotion produced by the description of the water often permeate the whole novel,which creates a lyrical atmosphere.Lyric becomes the way of the characters of the novel,which has a great relationship with the philosophical connotation of the water in the novel.The water often implies desire in Gefei's novels,the gentle rain often mixed with people's mixed desire.And the water implies the passage of time,this ancient metaphor means a traditional form of life.But in Gefei's novels,the formation of time in modern society has changed dramatically.That dramatic passage of life has become the fate of despair,the time of eternity.The water has become a metaphor for ultimate death in modern society.Gefei also demonstrated his exploration of the destiny of individuals and nations in modern society through the water.