Border-crossing and Returning: Two Perspectives toward the Fiction Themes in Zuanyiji and Xiauxianru
Resource
臺大中文學報, 38, 155-202
Journal
臺大中文學報
Journal Issue
38
Pages
155-202
Date Issued
2012-09
Date
2012-09
Author(s)
Lai, S.H.
Abstract
It is commonly held that among Tang-dynasty fiction, Zuanyiji and Xiauxianru are specifically characterized by their political concerns; however, scarcely do researchers investigate the concerns for life thereof. Textual analyses indicate that profound awareness for individual’s or others’ lives is imbedded in the grotesque or the politics-concerned narrative, both of which are respectively associated with the returning or the boundary-crossing theme. In the first place, the border-crossing theme demonstates Li-mei captivated by the concern for the intellectuals, his aspiration for communal identification, disregard for confinements in reality, and the search for a future road through imaginative acts. On the other hand, the returning theme involved in the metamorphoses and supernatural plots signifies Liu-xiang’s consecutive attempts to discover his real nature. With this study, a more thorough comprehension of the authorial consciousness among studies of Tang-dynasty novels is expected.
Subjects
回歸、越界、瀟湘錄、纂異記、唐傳奇( returning, boundary crossing, Zuanyiji, Xiaoxianglu, Tang fiction）
Type
journal article
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