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The Regional Cultural Landscape And Spiritual Value Of Chi Zijian's Novels

Posted on:2019-11-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X X ChiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2435330596463023Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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The hometown provides a unique cultural field for the growth of writers,which will have a tremendous influence on the creation of writers throughout their lives.As a writer from Heilongjiang province,Chi Zijian was born and grew up in this black land with rich regional and cultural characteristics,and received the edification of unique regional culture from her childhood.In her subsequent literary creation,she has a kind of consciousness of adhering to the regional writing.Since Chi Zijian has worked in literary creation,she focuses on the land and the people of her hometown all the time.She depicts the spiritual natural scenery of the northeast affectionately.The works show the pure heart of the native people and the unique regional cultural landscape in the black land.Chapter one “A word of bitter cold at high latitudes” analyzes the relation between her creation and native culture from two perspectives.Chi Zijian was born in the Arctic Village,so the spiritual scenery of her hometown enlightens her creative inspiration.The standpoint of her creation is based on the native land.She expresses her spiritual appeal through her articles to natural ecology and traditional culture in her works.She shows the readers the northeast native world panorama by portraying the daily life of the people in their hometown.Chapter two “Life ethics in the mythological mirror” demonstrates the profound connotation of region from two perspectives.One is poetic spirituality of the original landscape,and the another one is the self consolidation of the spirit in the cultural defeat.With the rapid development of modern civilization,primitive ecology suffered unprecedented harm.In a dramatic historical transition,primitive civilization was hit by a shock,and the home in memory is also being dissipated.Facing the scene of the collapse of spirit and culture,the writer do not know what courses have to take.They can only return to the ultimate homeland or mythical world to seek the spiritual comfort in the word of shamanism.Chapter three “the divine imprint of the cultural spirit of shaman” discusses Shaman cultural elements in Chi's works.With the development of society,many ritualistic things in Shaman are gradually disappearing,but faith still permeates in the daily customs,ceremonies and taboos through various forms.Chi introduced the Shaman divine songs into her novel creation.Her works render people a warm strength.Not only the songs for curing of disease and removing in fortune songs for entertainment,but also the songs for sending off the ghost all manifest the chant of the collective souls.Nowadays,since people pay more and more attention to the environmental problems,Chi Zijian's literary creation has a positive and realistic significance.She appeals peopleto raise their awareness of the original landscape protection with the power of words and criticizes the social behaviors that destroy the natural ecosystem.She tries to find the spiritual home for the damaged nature and life in the mythological world,which is a beautiful cultural landscape full of regional color.
Keywords/Search Tags:regionalism, folk standpoint, shamanistic culture
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