| Nowadays,under the background of mature modern Chinese,readers can find that there is a distinct linguistic character which is heterogeneity performed in Shen Cong-wen ’s novels.The character means lack of fluency in writing style,that is to say,his individual linguistic expression doesn’t fit in social standards.Shen Cong-wen blended ancient Chinese,modern Chinese and dialects of the west of Hunan province together,forming an writing style which was a mixture among those language resource.As for the resource of ancient Chinese,he used a lot of monosyllables,four-character phrases and ancient Chinese words or sentences,which had a terse style of writing and strong rhythm sensation and great lingering charm.For the resource of modern Chinese,he used several ancient oral words and English sentences and so on,then his linguistic style had strong aesthetic effects.As for the resource of dialects of the west of Hunan province,he used local dialects,the name of region and people with local features and so on,which strengthened the expression of language and had the beauty of rhythm and represented the west of Hunan province actually.Besides,those linguistic phenomena such as reversing the process and lacking punctuation didn’t make writing style clear and easy,which were the expression of heterogeneity.The character is caused by internal factors and external factors.Internal factors concludes Shen Cong-wen’s literary accomplishments,his unique thinking ways and his aesthetic orientations.External factors includes the influence of the culture of the age,the affect of ethnic culture and the effect of specific surroundings in the west of Hunan.Referring to the value of the character,as for writers,they should inherit and develop Shen Cong-wen’s writing way and his individual linguistic orientations to create individual and innovative linguistic styles.And writers are supposed to avoid linguistic problems such as lack of punctuation in order to create perfect works.As for readers,the character is individual and strange so that it triggers special effect.And it changes the expectation horizons of readers and brings about new aesthetic feelings to them.Heterogeneity is the character of linguistic style in his novels,which is quite unique so that it can’t be copied by other writers definitely. |
