What are the characteristics of classical novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties?

China ancient narrative literature entered a mature stage in Ming and Qing Dynasties. As far as literary concepts, literary styles and means of literary expression are concerned, novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties pushed narrative literature to the extreme with their completeness and richness. Judging from the broad social life scenes, rich artistic creation achievements and rich social and political ideals expressed by Ming and Qing novels, there is no doubt that Ming and Qing novels cast the last glory of China classical literature. This lecture focuses on the theme development and artistic exploration of Ming and Qing novels, trying to outline the Ming and Qing novels under the traditional cultural background. 1. Ming and Qing novels and traditional culture in terms of ideological connotation and theme expression, Ming and Qing novels contain the essence of traditional culture to the greatest extent. After secular illustrations, traditional culture has entered thousands of households with emotional images and touching stories. Traditional culture provided rich nourishment for novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which carried forward and enriched traditional culture unprecedentedly, and creatively expounded in the derivation of artistic image and artistic details. 1, the color of historical biography-the history of secular literature is extremely developed next to the official history culture in China. The traditional novels originated from "documentary" are closely related to the official historian culture, which inevitably bears the brand of historical biography, which is the most important national feature of China's traditional novels. Although novels in Ming and Qing dynasties have a strong cultural color, they are deeply influenced by historical biography and culture, both in narrative form and in the motivation of irony and enlightenment. Historical inheritance of theme, historical inheritance of novel art II. Punishment, Persuasion and Education-The influence of Confucian culture China's classical novels have long been influenced by Confucianism, and the rationalization and concretization of this influence is the theory of "punishment, persuasion and education" in novel theory. It can almost be said that the mode of "punishing, persuading and teaching" enveloped the novel creation of the whole feudal era. Attach importance to the enlightenment function of novels, and create a cage of punishment and persuasion mode. 3. Since it was introduced to China at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, immortals, immortals and immortals-Buddhism, full of Buddhism and Taoism, have had a profound influence on literary creation in cultural form. Taoism is the only religion that grows and develops in China. It is closely related to ancient novels, especially in imagination and creativity, and has a far-reaching influence on ancient novels. The realm of immortals created by Buddhism and Taoism, the images of immortals, Taoism, monsters and ghosts, the magic of immortals, the structure of karma, and the motif of novels bred from it have undoubtedly brought wonders to the novel world. The expansion of novel description space, the richness of novel character gallery and the dramatic change of novel plot.