Analysis of promotional stories

Promoting weaving is a novel with profound social significance in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. By describing the fate of the protagonist who was discredited because he was forced to pay for promotion, it reflected the evil reality that the emperor was dissolute and the governor ordered small officials to extort money, and expressed deep sympathy for the lower class who were bullied and persecuted. Due to the tight network in the early Qing dynasty, the author borrowed the story-telling method from the previous dynasty, which seemed obscure and tortuous. Nevertheless, the reality reflected in the novel is of universal significance in feudal society.

The story of "Promoting Weaving" is full of ups and downs, full of twists and turns, and it is about the unfortunate experience of a famous family. With the development of the plot from sadness to joy, from joy to sadness and from sadness to joy in Noble Family, the contradictions are constantly developing, and there is a growing trend, thus vividly showing the destruction of reputation on economy, body, especially spirit, and profoundly exposing the reactionary nature of feudal system. "Promoting Weaving" has profound thoughts and strong artistry. The story revolves around the gains and losses of promotion, which is tortuous, vivid and well-structured. The characters are extremely vivid and the psychological activities are described in detail.

Novel is a kind of narrative style. Generally speaking, it should be narrative to the end. At the end of "Promoting Weaving", there is a comment "Different Stone October", which is Pu Songling's comment on the story to show his attitude towards the people and things recorded and make the theme of the work more distinct and prominent. "Different Stone" is the author's own name. From the perspective of material selection, it directly tells the historical story of the previous dynasty ("Xuande period", that is, Xuande period in the Ming Dynasty). Xuande is Ming Yi's residence in Zhu Zhanji). However, it is not a real historical work, let alone the official history of the court. A "Liaozhai" is full of ghost and fox legends, so it calls itself a "different historian". This exposition at the end of the article is modeled after the writing of historical prose. For example, after Historical Records of Xiang Yu and Historical Records of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, there was a discussion about "Taishi Gong Yue" to express the author's opinion.

After the novel, a discussion was added, which was influenced by historical prose. Historical Records is a famous historical masterpiece with biographical style in China. The annotation "Taishi Gong Yue" is added after the biography, which directly shows the author's point of view. This form of comment is often used in later historical prose.

This comment can find the root of the people's disaster from the dark social reality, and see the serious harm from one incident, pointing out that "every step of the emperor is related to the lives of the people" and explaining that the tragedy of the people's "selling women and selling children" is a set of feudal bureaucracy from the "emperor" to those corrupt officials. At the same time, the author also puts forward the view that every move of the son of heaven can not be ignored, which is desirable. "One person takes off, the immortal chicken and dog" contains sarcasm to feudal bureaucrats, which is positive; As for "heaven rewards diligence", it is feudal superstition, which promotes the concept of karma and plays a paralyzing role in the resistance struggle of the masses. This is not desirable.

Appreciation of "Promoting Weaving"

Contrary to tradition, promoting knitting is no longer a "wandering soul" love story, but a two of a kind or unrequited love deduced from the "sincere feelings" of both men and women. It is a human tragedy that little people are "scared out of their wits" under the cruel oppression of external forces, and the protagonist of "leaving the soul" is no longer a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman, but a nine-year-old child who still doesn't understand the world. This determines that "Promoting Weaving" is not only the most outstanding novel in "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio" that shines with anti-feudal thoughts. Moreover, there are more exquisite flashes in art, which are embodied in the following two aspects.

First, the plot is tortuous and the concept is rigorous.

At the beginning of "Promoting Weaving", the background of the story was pointed out: "Xuande promoted weaving in the palace and recruited people at the age of 18", which also explained the cause of the story and was actually the social root of the tragedy. Below, a famous artist staged a tragicomedy around the gains and losses of promoting this small bug. When I first became famous, I found a bug. Because I didn't get a promotion, I was "killed with a hundred sticks, and pus and blood flowed between my two strands", so I had to "turn to the bed and think for myself". As far as the story is concerned, it has reached the end of its rope, but suddenly there is a sinkhole, and there is a turning point: the timely appearance of the witch made her famous at one fell swoop and caught a "very handsome" promotion behind the giant Buddha Pavilion in the east of the village. So, "I am very happy, I want to go home in a cage, and I want to celebrate with my family, even though it is an arch wall." It can be said that a bright future has emerged. However, before the end of the song, a curious and naughty son, Cheng accidentally killed the promotion. The bug was found and lost. In the face of such great changes, the husband and wife are "white and bloodless" and "as if they were frozen stiff". "angry with Saul", only to find that his son had jumped into the well and committed suicide. "Being in a well" has become a tragedy in which people and insects are empty, "thus turning anger into sorrow and shouting". At this point, the story has undergone two major turning points. Then there is a turning point, but this turning point is not as ups and downs as the above two turning points, but much more soothing and calm. Cheng Zi actually "recovered his health in the middle of the night" and his body was improved. His fame, broken-hearted and wanting to die, suddenly heard the cry of promoting culture. A small promoter was found through sound search. I don't think if I am too weak, but the bug "suddenly jumped into the sleeve" is famous, I have to take it in reluctantly, but I am still "afraid of ulterior motives" and try my best to set off its ugly appearance. However, unexpectedly, this bug is clever and brave, not only defeating the propaganda of "everything is different", but also being good at cockfighting and being able to ". Highlighting its singular function, it became a "great pleasure", so it gained great fame, achieved great success, was admitted to school and was rewarded. Finally, the author admits that this promotion is the soul of a noble son. Write ups and downs, gripping; Finally, I have a happy ending, so I can breathe a sigh of relief after being nervous, but after smiling indifferently, I can't help but think twice. ...

Among the three major turning points, two were realized by the author with rich imagination and romantic methods, but they all have important practical significance. In particular, the story of a son's soul being promoted to a higher position revealed the evil of feudal autocracy. The original historical data only recorded the death of husband and wife very realistically, and Pu Songling's fantasy of this plot, in a satirical way that looks like comedy, greatly deepened the tragic color of the novel, strengthened its criticism, and reappeared the sin of the feudal monarch "stripping the bone marrow of the world for my own pleasure, and scattering the children of the world" (Huang Zongxi's words).

The story is tortuous, but cleverly conceived. Throughout the full text, the structure is complete. As for the transition, it has been described above. As for the call before the call, there are at least two good care. First, the story originated from "Xuande, the palace is still promoting weaving, recruiting people at the age of 18", with "Great Jia Yue, giving a letter to a famous horse, wearing satin ...", and the old saying "You need to tie the bell to solve the problem" should be answered; Second, after becoming famous, he began to "fuck the boy's business, but he didn't sell it for a long time, which was pedantic", and his family business was "exhausted" and he could finally "enter the city", and "there are thousands of fields, castles and towers, and thousands of cattle, sheep and hooves; As soon as I went out, Qiu Ma led the family. " It can be said that one good turn deserves another.

Second, the characters are vivid and the descriptions are wonderful and vivid.

"Promoting Weaving" is not only a successful portrayal of the protagonist, but also a vivid portrayal of the minor characters. The success of characterization in this paper mainly benefits from concise and vivid expression description.

For example, in the third paragraph: "When the married wife pays the money, worship as the predecessors did. While eating, the curtain moved and a piece of paper fell. Watch, draw, not write ... "More than 20 words clearly describe the whole process of adult wife and insect hunting. Another example is the fourth paragraph: "Cheng Yishu, take advantage of it quickly, and the frog will enter the grass. Crawling around, I saw insects crouching on thorns. Jump up and enter the cave. With sharp grass, you can't get out; Irrigation with water, at first, the shape is extremely handsome and healthy. Take it one by one and examine it, huge body, neat tail, green neck and golden wings. This is a detailed description. The author puts aside miscellaneous things, highlights actions, and describes the whole process of catching insects with words such as "chasing", "crawling", "pouncing", "rushing", "irrigation" and "seeing".

The article cherishes words as gold in refinement, but splash ink as water in image, nuanced, vivid and touching. For example, the sixth paragraph: "After a while, I came home and smelled my wife's words, as if it had snowed. Angry son, I don't know what to do Then I got a body in the well, so I turned anger into sorrow and grabbed my heart. Husband and wife are opposite, the cabin is smoke-free, relatively quiet, and no more chatting. ..... If the cricket cage is empty, it will be broken and swallowed, and it is not for children. From fainting to dawn, my eyes were not closed. Dong was driving, and he lay stiff for a long time. " The author is very good at using line drawing to sketch and depict the angry, sad and plaintive expressions of characters. It also skillfully uses the scenery as a foil, and uses "smokeless huts" (front lining) and "east-west driving" (back lining) to express the mental state of famous couples "no longer chatting".

The minor characters in the text are also vividly portrayed. For example, the seventh paragraph: "The young busybodies in the village domesticated a kind of worm called' Crab Shell Green', and the Japanese and disciples were invincible. If you want to live in it for profit, but you can't sell it. I went to Lu Cheng, and I saw what I had accumulated, but I smiled behind my back. Nabi is in the cage because of the bug. You are ashamed of your great achievements and dare not compare with it. Teenagers are strong. It's no use worrying about storing inferior things. It's better to have a good laugh, because it's in the bucket. A worm can't move, as stupid as a wooden chicken. The boy smiled again. I tried to fiddle with the beard with the pig, but it still didn't move. The boy smiled again. Repeatedly provoked, the bug was furious and went straight to it, so he hit each other and cheered. Russia saw the bug jump, stretched out its tail and reached the enemy's collar. The teenager was frightened and stopped in a hurry. " In this passage, San Xiao, a teenager, couldn't help grinning when he saw the famous promoter "short, black and red" and "shaped like a local dog" for the first time, and couldn't help laughing when he saw the famous promoter "stupid as a wooden chicken" for the second time; The third time, he teased the pig to promote the weaving. He "still didn't move" and "smiled again", which made him very proud. Through the description of "San Xiao", we not only vividly depict the frivolous and arrogant behavior of teenagers; And try to set off the ugly appearance of promotion. Of course, this passage also uses words such as "anger", "rush", "jump", "Zhang", "stretch" and "ge" to describe the expression and action of the promotion organization in the process of fighting insects, which fully shows the agility and courage of this small insect. In the end, "juvenile horror" not only sets off the strangeness of promotion, but also further shows the ignorant and ridiculous side of the characters.

In addition, although there is not much ink on the famous "Wife and Children", the meticulous brushwork is also very vivid. For example, the fifth paragraph: "If a child is afraid, he will tell his mother. Mother listened, pale and frightened, and said,' karma, it's time! And Weng's return, I will make up my mind with you! "My son left in tears." The son's "fear" and his wife's "surprise" and "anger" were rendered very successfully.

In a word, the promotion organization not only inherits the excellent tradition of China's ancient novel creation, but also attaches great importance to the construction of plot structure. In terms of language, it should be refined and vivid; And there is a breakthrough in characterization, which makes the characters vivid and impressive. This is an excellent short story with strong artistic charm.