The Genre of Text Parody and the Evolution of theTypes of Chinese Ancient Fictions:On Text Parody of Plum in the Gold Vase
- Available Online: 2019-09-01
Abstract: The text parody is the most noticeable writing features of Plum in the Gold Vase. By intertextuality as it’s theoretical basis, the research of the text parody which attach importance to discussing the creative reformation on character, plot, poems and the other rhythmical language of novels is an upgrade to the traditional source material research. This paper starts from the genre of the text parody of Plum in the Gold Vase, stressing to probe the narrative modes of melting and combination with so called “writing his own stories with other’s existing writings” which led to a huge changing of narrative styles, the topic and the implication and the genre of the literary forms, thus made this novel particular and different from others and showed the alienation and the evolution with others. In addition, the text parody research can also provide an alternative study perspective on discussing the author and the procession of writing Plum in the Gold Vase.