A Study Of Yan Geling's Novels From The Perspective Of Space

Yan Geling is one of the most representative of the new immigrant writers group.Her high-quality and high-quality creations have attracted the attention of academia.This article draws on the relevant basic views and research results of applying Chinese and Western spatial narrative theory,combined with Yan Geling's own life experience,attempts to explore and reveal her creative experience,and explores the reason for the rise of "Yan Geling fever".It is pointed out that Yan Geling,a writer with dual Chinese and Western experience in space,has both traditional Chinese spatial concepts and Western spatial narrative skills,so her work presents a combination of Chinese and Western features,roughly expressed as "Chinese-style themed content and Western-style skills." This narrative feature is an important reason why Yan Geling's works are so popular.The full text is divided into four parts: introduction,body and conclusion.The introductory part mainly includes the reasons for selecting the topic-the natural adaptability of the new immigrant literature and spatial narrative theory,the representativeness and heterogeneity of Yan Geling among the mass of new immigrant writers;the current research status-the research status of Yan Geling's works,the spatial narrative theory Research status;topic selection significance—definition of related concepts,ideas and writing value of this research.The body is divided into three chapters:Based on her life experience,the first chapter points out that Yan Geling has both Chinese and Western spatial experience,and compares the Chinese and Western spatial narrative consciousness.It is pointed out that the concept of space in China is the integration of space and time and the alternation of the real and the virtual,while the characteristics of the Western spatial narrative are to break the traditional laws of diachrony and causality with the laws of synchrony and coincidence.The second chapter examines Yan Geling's influence on Chinese traditional space concept from the content level.It is pointed out that the influence of Chinese traditional space concept on Yan Geling is mainly reflected in the "story space" of the text,that is,the content level-it is internal.In the creation,the physical space chosen by Yan Geling is usually independent,closed,and metaphorical.For example,the Writers 'Association Yard and Laogai Farm that use political rights to regulate the body;the Chinatown and the attic that use the national power to spatially isolate the body 1.Basement;a church that spatially shelters the body with class power.At the same time,there is no lack of display of fantasy space in his works: heroic characters use fantasy to find resonance,immigrant characters use fantasy to solve loneliness,and female characters are frightened by fantasy.The third chapter examines Yan Geling's reference and absorption of Western spatial narrative theory from a formal perspective.It is pointed out that the influence of Western spatial narrative theory on Yan Geling is mainly reflected in the "spatial form" of the text,that is,the form level-it is external.In his creation,Yan Geling uses the techniques of juxtaposition,recursive embedding,and repetition to interlace time and space,so that the text presents the space forms of "orange petal","set box" and "circle",respectively.This creative feature also makes Yan Geling's works known as "pan scriptualization".The fourth chapter points out that the combination of Chinese and western creative features is an important reason for "Yan Geling fever".That is to say,readers will get double reading experience.On the one hand,Yan Geling's creation is very "Chinese style" in the position of theme content,showing a prudent and conservative traditional position.The theme in line with the mainstream values and the legendary story make the readers have a sense of satisfaction due to the smooth reading,which ensures the largest number of readers for her.On the other hand,Yan Geling's attitude towards formal skills is very "western style",showing an innovative and experimental vanguard position.These narrative skills give readers a sense of satisfaction due to reading difficulties,and win numerous awards for her.At the same time,Yan Geling also chooses one of causal law and coincidence law,which makes readers realize the same aesthetic distance It doesn't produce the feeling of obscure reading.The conclusion summarizes the spatial narrative features in Yan Geling's works,and points out that Yan Geling's dual spatial survival experience is an important cause of the formation of this feature.