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Abstract: Since the early 20th century, Li Jieren and his “Great River Novels” have attracted the attention of many scholars and achieved a wealth of research findings. This paper systematically reviews the existing literature on Li Jieren’s Great River Novels, identifying three primary dimensions of scholarly inquiry: literary narrative characteristics, cultural implications, and translation studies. However, current research in translation studies has primarily concentrated on the linguistic transformation of translations and the analysis of translation strategies, while discussions on translation outcomes, acceptance in the target context, and the reconstruction of cultural information remain relatively scarce. Therefore, future research could further expand the breadth and depth of translation studies to promote the dissemination of the “Great River Novels” in an international context and enhance the global influence of Bashu culture.Abstract: Since the early 20th century, Li Jieren and his “Great River Novels” have attracted the attention of many scholars and achieved a wealth of research findings. This paper systematically reviews the existing literature on Li Jieren’s Great River Novels, identifying three primary dimensions of scholarly inquiry: literary narrative characteristics, cul...Learn More
Abstract: Temporal arrangement refers to the artistic reconstruction of the chronological order of events, a process not only closely related to narrative techniques, but also to stylistic features. In the analysis of temporal arrangement in Lu Hsun’s “The New Year’s Sacrifice”, the three aspects of order, duration, and frequency are discussed on the narratological level. In the aspect of order, a typical round-trip narrative structure is adopted in the story with two types of analepsis reflecting the fragmented and unreliable thoughts of “I”; as for duration, special attention is given to ellipsis and scene, the former arousing readers’ curiosity to fill the blanks with imagination and the later inviting readers to experience the sense of substitution; and in terms of frequency, repetition is prominent in the story, as is shown in the repetitive narratives of Ah Mao’s being taken away by wolf. Meanwhile, the stylistic features of the text are also analyzed, including foregrounding effects of repetition, meticulous arrangement of events’ timing, as well as unconventional grammatical and syntactic structure. The analysis is to uncover the well-constructed narrative structure and carefully-designed stylistic features, so as to help us better understand author’s sympathy towards women of miserable destiny in the old society and criticism against townspeople’s mercilessness, indifference, and numbness. To put it simply, the integration of narratology and stylistics helps us get closer to the implied author and become the implied reader.Abstract: Temporal arrangement refers to the artistic reconstruction of the chronological order of events, a process not only closely related to narrative techniques, but also to stylistic features. In the analysis of temporal arrangement in Lu Hsun’s “The New Year’s Sacrifice”, the three aspects of order, duration, and frequency are discussed on the narrato...Learn More