Religious Consciousness In Zhang Ling's Fiction

Zhang Ling is an explorer of new immigrant literature and a devout Christian.Her novels reveal a strong sense of religious consciousness.This article takes all the works published by Zhang Ling so far as the research object,and attempts to discuss the Christian thought and culture reflected in the creation as a whole.Starting from the generation of religious consciousness,following the deepening process of religious consciousness in his thirty years of creation,showing the multiple and complexity of religious consciousness in Zhang Ling's novels.Finally,from the perspective of archetypes' interpretation and interpretation,it explores the religious consciousness and the expropriation of religious elements,the ideological meaning and aesthetic qualities produced in the novel narration.The main part of this article is divided into three chapters:The first chapter mainly explores the origin and deepening process of Zhang Ling's religious consciousness.The origins are from the three aspects of Canadian Christian context,cultural accumulation during study,and identity anxiety.Christian culture has profoundly influenced the ideology of Western society.In the process of integration into society,Zhang Ling was deeply influenced by the local Christian cultural atmosphere in Canada.Secondly,during her schooling,Zhang Ling received long-term training in orthodox English and American literature,and absorbed a lot of Christian thought and culture.After immigration,the identity of the marginalized person and her confusion about her own existence made Zhang Ling have a great sense of anxiety,and the Christian faith allowed her to find the spiritual power to relieve anxiety and complete the identity conversion.Religious consciousness showed a gradual deepening process in Zhang Ling's literary creation: With "To the North" as the boundary,in the early stage,from the perplexed person who got trapped into a redeemer of self-fate;in the later stage,breaking through self-redemption,Grow into a broad,more ultimate sense of compassion for human suffering.The second chapter focuses on the four forms of religious consciousness inZhang Ling's creation,which are consciousness of suffering,remorse,compassion,and "on the road".Based on the original sin thought,Zhang Ling realized that suffering is the essential existence of human beings.When writing suffering,she focused more on the level of human spiritual suffering,and guided people to reflect on suffering and love in suffering.Traits.The continuation of the consciousness of confession and the original consciousness of sin is the first hope for redemption.This article discusses from three perspectives: pastor,historical background,and the author.The consciousness of compassion is a red line running through Zhang Ling's novels,and it starts from three aspects: the tender narrative of the ending of the novel,the practice of Christian love,and the choice of religious perspective.Zhang Ling and her characters have always been on the way to the ultimate.Going on the road and searching is their eternal state of mind,showing a clear "on the road" consciousness.The third chapter examines and interprets the religious archetypes in Zhang Ling's novels.On the basis of the interpretation of the source,this chapter focuses on Zhang Ling's rewriting and re-interpretation of religious archetype resources,and explores the hidden cultural connotation.The religious resources in the novel mainly include characters,images and structures.The character prototype mainly starts from the three prototype resources of Our Lady,Ruth,and James Hudson Taylor,and explores the psychological motivation of the writer behind the character prototype rewriting.The image prototype is divided into "water" image and "garden" image.Based on the original meaning of "water" and "garden" in the biblical narrative,the Christian cultural heritage of the novel is tapped.The prototype of the structure revolves around the U-shaped structure and the repeated Christian narrative,with the intention of revealing the religious consciousness in Zhang Ling's novels at the formal level.