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A Study On The Musical Narrative Of Kazuo Ishiguro's Novels

Posted on:2020-02-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X R LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330602957491Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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In the 1980 s,a group of creative writers emerged in the British literary world.Ishiguro Ishiguro was one of these young writers.He was also known as the "Three Heroes of British Literary Immigrants" together with V.S.Naipaul and Salman Rushdie.As a well-known contemporary British novelist,he has won the recognition of millions of readers around the world with his internationalized creative ideas and writing practices.In his works,he writes a large number of traumatic memories,describes different cultural traditions and value forms,and the textual charm in the novel ingeniously connects readers' emotional experiences with novel characters so as to enable readers to understand them.Enough to feel the emotional shock through the content of the novel.In many papers and achievements in the study of Ishiguro Kazuo's novels,early research focused on the study of traumatic narratives,multiculturalism,and cultural identity in his novels.In recent years,there has been a diversification and diversity of Shihei's novels.Interpretation of the angle.As a British writer with an international creative concept,there are more space in his novels that people should explore.In the four novels of "No Consolation","Serial Serenade","Mo Mo Mo Forget" and "Far Mountain Shadow",there are a lot of musical elements,which has a negligible relationship with Ishiguro Kazuo's own experience and creative ideas.From the perspective of interdisciplinary study,studying the music writing in Shi Hei's novels is an important aspect of multi-angle research on his novels,which has certain research significance.Using Wolff's theory of music-based novels in music-literary intermediary research,he explains the four aspects of music writing features in Shihei's four novels: the theme of music,music characters,music The internal structure and the external form of music.The theme of musicization is divided into the music level of the story level and the discourse level.In the four novels,the story development of the two novels"Unbelievable" and "Silver" is centered on music,"The Shadow of the Mountains" and "The Lost The appearance of music elements in Mo Forget not only paves the way for the character formation of the novel but also promotes the development of the whole storyline.In addition to the theme of musicization,Ishiguro Ishio has created a large number in "No Consolation"and "Silver".The image of the musicians,the musicians in the former are mostly characterswith social status and social reputation,while the latter is the image of wandering civilian musicians.In the structure and form of the novel,Ishiguro Kazuo borrowed the music structure and music form in his creation.The two-line narrative structure in "The Shadow of the Mountain" juxtaposes the two story lines in the novel through the crossover of the characters.The narrative blends the two story lines,which is consistent with the "polyphony"in the music.In Serenade,the author writes five stories according to the structural rules presented,unfolded,and reproduced in the sonata style,and links five seemingly unrelated stories.The novel imitates the musical form of the "concept album" in the form of creation.The five stories revolve around the theme of survival and choice,while echoing each other.The music performance in Shi Hei's novels is related to the music experience of his youth writing and writing.As a musician's psychological aesthetic influence on his novel creation,Shi Heixiong said in the interview that many inspirations of novel creation are sources.For music.The way of writing music has functional effects in the narrative strategies,metaphors and emotional expressions of the four novels.Shi Heiyi strives to break through the limitations of novels in specific cultures and specific countries,and combines musical elements with international creative ideas to make novels The text reaches the narrative effect of defamiliarization.The metaphorical function of music in the text reveals the modern people's identity and survival crisis,memory and emotional trauma expressed in Shihei's novels.The experience of the characters in the novel shows the living conditions of modern people.People can't walk out of life and hope to get spiritual salvation on the road to seeking comfort.The music writing of Ishiguro's novel creation makes the novel transcend stylistic limitations and combine with the artistic form of music.It not only highlights the narrative nature of the novel text,but also the emotional power brought by music.Through the analysis of the musical expression of the novel,this paper probes deeply into the writer's creative idea and the creative significance of music writing,and provides a reference example for the multi-angle study of Ishiguro's novel.
Keywords/Search Tags:kazuo ishiguro, music narrative, narrative function
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