What is the meaning of mystery novel?

Metaphysical fiction is a type of genre fiction, usually based on the theme of adventure and war, with no constraints on the period setting and worldview, which can be freely played by the author's imagination. It is closely related to science fiction, fantasy, martial arts and other genre novels with a strong fantasy nature.

It is generally believed that the term "metafiction" was coined by Hong Kong writer Huang Yi, which originally meant "fantasy novels based on metaphysical ideas".

With the rise of Internet literature in the second half of the 1990s, the number of novels published on the Internet has been increasing, many of which are based on Japanese role-playing games, with sword-and-sorcery style adventures, and were once categorized as RPG novels. But as the themes of the stories expanded and diversified, the term "fantasy novel" began to be invoked to categorize them, and quickly became popular among the online community.

In the first half of the 2000s, due to the looseness and vagueness of the definition of the genre, in principle, all fantasy novels that could not be clearly categorized into traditional categories such as sci-fi, wuxia, or horror could be categorized as metafictional novels, and thus their definitions clearly exceeded the original conception of the term as used by Huang Yi.

The genres covered by metafictional novels are roughly similar to the English word "fantasy". Around the same time that the word "fantasy" began to gain popularity, the word "fantastical" was introduced into Chinese as a translation of "fantasy," but because the communities in which they were used did not overlap much, each developed a different connotation.

For those who are accustomed to using fantasy as a translation of fantasy, xuanfang refers to "Chinese fantasy novels that mix elements of fantasy, science fiction, and martial arts".

For those who are accustomed to referring to fantasy novels in terms of xuanfang, they sometimes use xuanfang to encompass the category of fantasy, and sometimes use the term magic to refer to European and American fantasy novels, especially emphasizing their emphasis on supernatural and magical features.

The definition of fantasy novels remains controversial. Science fiction writer Ye Yonglie has said that science fiction, magic fiction, and metaphysical fiction are the three major categories of fantasy novels. This classification is now more recognized, the so-called fantasy novel is a series of stories built on hypothetical situations. The difference is: science fiction focuses on building on the scientific foundation, with the British writer Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as the first masterpiece; magic fiction is built on the mythological foundation, with the Western Lord of the Rings, Dragon Gun and so on as the representative; metaphysical fantasy novels have only recently risen to a feverish heights in mainland China, which is built on metaphysical ideas, within the go farther than the magic novels, and more free, without the constraints of the scientific basis, there are Huang Yi can be regarded as a representative of modern Chinese metaphysical fiction. China's metaphysical fantasy novels are so numerous and varied that they have long since collected all of these elements. One of the hottest metaphysical novels on the network, "The Journey of Miao", begins with the following words: "Maybe I will see the continuation of ancient China / maybe I will see the advanced civilization / maybe I will see the attractive magic treasure / maybe I will see the relics of the immortal / maybe I will see the Western medieval fortresses / maybe I will see all kinds of strange and bizarre wild beasts / this is the Journey of Miao. " Just from here, we can see that the metaphysical metaphysics, and metaphysics has nothing to do with, but simply a sea of wantonly unrestrained metaphysical thought.

The difference between metaphysics and magic, science fiction and fantasy

Magic: the phrase "magic realism" is available in the dictionary. Note: An important literary genre popularized in Latin America in the 1960s. The school accepted the traditional influence of the original sovereign Spanish and Portuguese cultures, absorbed the ancient Indian and black cultures, and was inspired by Western modernist literature. The works borrowed from ancient myths and folklore, depicting Latin American realpolitik as a kind of modern myth, with both bizarre and fantastical scenarios, but not lacking in realistic plots and scenes ......

Metaphysical: This word is not found in the thesaurus, but from the structure of the word "so-and-so phantasy", it can be used as a metaphor for "fantasy". "The structure of the word can be analyzed "metaphysical" concept should be regarded as based on "metaphysical" the background of the imagination it. Then the meaning of "Xuan" can be found: 1, the deep and mysterious, far-reaching and unpredictable Road; 2, the spirit of the universe of the body. Throughout the literary works that we call "metaphysical fiction", "metaphysical" content is indeed "far-flung and unpredictable". A large number of "metaphysical fiction" in the Western magic, astrology, Chinese martial arts and strategy, Japanese characters, plus science fiction, or supernormal capabilities, and more myths, and often Chinese, Indian, Greek mythology coexist. At this point I realized that the word "xuan" is really "xuan".

Science fiction: you can see in the thesaurus, "science fiction" is "science fiction" abbreviation, so with the original did not science fiction this word. Its significance is to use the form of fantasy to express and explore the material and spiritual cultural life and scientific and technological vision of people in the future world, and its content is intertwined with a variety of scientific facts and foreseeable imagination. Therefore, it can be seen that the "fantasy" of science fiction is not just YY, but also has the basis of "exploration", "scientific facts" and "foresight". The first is that it's not just YA, it's based on "exploration", "scientific facts", and "foresight".

Fantasy: I can't find it in the thesaurus, and there is no precise definition in the Chinese concept. After checking the related information, most of the viewpoints think that fantasy can be interpreted as "legend". What is legend? From the perspective of Chinese cultural history, Legend is a story with bizarre plot or unusual behavior of characters. From the perspective of Western cultural history, it is "a kind of long story poem in medieval European chivalric literature, which mainly depicts the love of knights and adventures of rogues". Nowadays, fantasy is often associated with elves, dwarves, vampires and so on. In fact, this is only narrowly the concept of Norse mythology expanded.

Overview of fantasy novels

Fantasy novels, it can be said that in recent years the rise of "fantasy novels with Chinese characteristics". Its principle of creation is unprincipled, and the basis of its fantasy is ungrounded.

Why? Because the fantasy novel is basically a synthesis of Western-style fantasy, Chinese martial arts, Japanese anime, science and technology hodgepodge.

Chinese culture is very inclusive, any foreign things can be dissolved into its embrace, and derived or deformed into something new.

This is exactly the case with metaphysical fiction. Most metaphysical novels take Western magic, Chinese martial arts and strategy, Japanese characterization, plus sci-fi, plus myths (and often Chinese, Indian, and Greek myths coexist ......) to build magical worlds and exciting stories.

When it comes to fiction and fantasy, metaphysical fiction is the freest of the four types of fantasy. It writes about future technology, but does not need to be verified with scientific theories; it writes about magic, and does not test the system of Western sorcery; it writes about martial arts, but it is more magical and powerful than the traditional martial arts, and often exceeds the limits of human physiology....... Regardless of whether it is the virtual world structure, or the characters' experiences, they are all metaphysical and mysterious, the sky is the limit, and the freedom is unparalleled.

Metaphysical fiction is often criticized. Science fiction fans scolded it "nonsense", fantasy fans also scolded it "nonsense". I don't know, the characteristics of the fantasy novel is nonsense, no principle, no basis. However, this kind of nonsense has its own theoretical system and setting, regardless of whether this system can stand up to rigorous examination.

Metaphysical fiction, it can be said that with the magic realism novel completely opposite. Magic fantasy is to "fantasy" as a rendering, the main writing of real events; metaphysical fantasy is to real events as a plot surface, the main writing of "fantasy".

In the four types of fantasy novels, metaphysical fiction is the most "fantasy" category. Because there are fewer constraints, it can be free to do as it pleases, and it is often painful and exciting to read. Therefore, despite the "orthodox science fiction" and "orthodox fantasy" are greatly disparaged to the mystery, mystery novels still have a fairly large number of readers.

The reason why metaphysical fiction is so popular is, I'm afraid, that the characters in metaphysical fiction often have extraordinary abilities and a great deal of freedom to do whatever they want. For ordinary people, this is a great joy and relaxation -- the hardest thing in life is not being able to do what you want, and metaphysical fiction gives readers the opportunity to relax their minds and experience freedom. Or, in other words, mystery novels are "very addictive to read".

Metaphysical fiction, because of its own characteristics, it is difficult to give a precise definition of it. In Taiwan, in particular, the word "fantasy" is rarely heard, and is instead referred to as metafiction.

Many of the "fantasy", "science fiction" and even "martial arts" novels we see should actually be categorized as metaphysical. A very small percentage of the fantasy novels on the market are actually fantasy or science fiction novels.

Metaphysical fiction is hard to get adult readers to read, but it is often wildly popular with teenage readers. It has the highest number of works, the lowest average level, and is full of trash, so it often gives the impression that "all fantasy novels are bad". In fact, there are some excellent works of fiction.

For the "orthodox" sci-fi fans, fantasy fans, if you open your heart, without prejudice to analyze, metaphysical novels are also considered to have a value of existence of the specialized categories, and will not disappear in the short term, and will even be more powerful. After all, existence is reasonable, the prevalence of mystery novels, is its social psychological roots.