On The Spatial Narrative Art Of You On The Highland

Zhang Wei’s long novel You are on the Highland,written in the form of a long river of magnificent creation,is a family history and the spiritual growth history of a teenager,conveying the intellectuals’ critical examination of the real society and their painful search for the spiritual home of human beings.Based on the writer’s upbringing and creative experience,You are on the Highland accommodates a series of stories such as family history,social reality,folk myths and legends,and builds a huge and complex literary space world with a unique narrative.It is through the shaping of the characters of the spiritual family that Zhang Wei conveys his inner spiritual perseverance and his return to the natural truth with romantic speech and rustic folk discourse,giving readers profound thoughts and spiritual shock.The thesis consists of three parts: the introduction,the body and the conclusion.The introductory part mainly clarifies the purpose of the study,focuses on sorting out and integrating the main achievements and the current status of research on the research object,and explains the significance of the study of You are on the Highland.In the first chapter,You are on the Highland can be outlined as three major spaces under the perspective of spatial theory.Taking the social space theory proposed by Henri Lefebvre and the third space theory advocated by postmodern Edward Sawyer as the main basis of exposition,the text can be divided into three spatial levels: material space,social space and spiritual space.The authenticity of material space originates from Zhang Wei’s fieldwork and geological survey,while the writer’s childhood memories and the participation of his growing experience realize the reconstruction on the real natural space.The social space is mainly manifested in the differences of social forms and the growing imbalance of traditional moral and ethical systems in the process of modern economic development.Zhang Wei uses the identity of the narrative subjects and participants to show their inner loneliness,and through them to find the ideal spiritual dwelling place,constructing the illusory spiritual space of "plateau" and conveying the urgent pursuit of the ideal home.In the second chapter,the three-dimensional space of the novel is revealed by various spatial narrative methods.Firstly,there are a large number of imaginary spaces in You are on the Highland,which are divided into Utopian imaginary space and Heterotopia imaginary space by Foucault’s alternative space theory,so as to explore the intention and role of the two kinds of imaginary spaces.Secondly,the juxtaposition and transformation of narrative perspectives break the continuity of the traditional linear narrative and add a three-dimensional sense to the narrative of the text.Taking Long Diyong’s spatial narrative research theory as the main basis,the representative spatial narrative structures in the categorized works are mainly based on the juxtaposition structure of the main body and the circle structure,which realize the overlapping of multiple spatial dimensions of the past,present and future,and realize the wonderful connection between historical stories,real events and fictionalized myths and legends,reflecting the direction of reality with history,implying the ending of reality with legends,and amplifying the expression of the writer’s inner spirit with narrative techniques.to amplify the expression of the writer’s inner spirit.Chapter 3,the fecundity of the aesthetic function embodied in the spatial narrative of You are on the Highland.By shaping the characters of the spiritual family,Zhang Wei highlights the inner life power of individuals,which deeply shocks the readers’ hearts.The combination of romantic speech and simple folk language forms Zhang Wei’s unique personal literary language,which activates the reader’s sensual perception and evokes aesthetic pleasure.Zhang Wei has always been rooted in the earth,drawing life force from it and striving to find the ideal habitat for intellectuals in his works.In the chaotic and unbalanced social environment,he wakes up the world to take care of nature,picks up the intrinsic goodness and truth of human beings,and leads people back to the poetic spiritual "plateau" with the power of words.As a result,the aesthetic meaning of the work emerges from the depth of thought that touches the soul.Exploring the spatial narrative art of You are on the Highland breaks the traditional paradigm of narrative theory on the study of works,and is conducive to introducing a new perspective on the reinterpretation of works and discovering the close connection between the writer’s creative journey and the emotional tone of works;it is conducive to deeply perceiving the inner emotional changes of Zhang Wei’s heart from anxiety and hopelessness to action and resistance,and deeply understanding the connotation of Zhang Wei’s earth utopia;moreover,it is conducive to readers’ discovery of Zhang Wei’s literature.It is also helpful for readers to discover the powerful tension and unique charm of Zhang Wei’s narrative presented by his inner tenacity,so that they can gain enlightenment on the value of human existence and the relationship between human beings and nature in his works.