The position of A Dream of Red Mansions in the history of China literature

China literature has a long history. After 300 Songs of the South, pure literary works gradually flourished in the Han Dynasty. Since then, a hundred schools of thought have contended, and excellent works have come out from time to time. If the history of China literature is compared to a grand garden, the novel Dream of Red Mansions, which was born in the middle of18th century, is the most brilliant flower in this garden.

A Dream of Red Mansions has conquered the hearts of millions of readers in Qian Qian since its birth. There has been a saying since ancient times that it is useless to read all the poems and books without talking about A Dream of Red Mansions to show its prosperity. Then the researchers of a dream of red mansions formed their own school, that is, up to now, the study of a dream of red mansions has gone through three stages, which lasted for more than 200 years, which is enough to make people lament. A Dream of Red Mansions is regarded as "the first good novel since ancient times".

(1), it reached the peak of China's realistic creation. A Dream of Red Mansions is not only a comprehensive summary, inheritance and development of most literary works before it, but also an excellent example of literary works after it. Mr. Lu Xun also said: "Since the publication of A Dream of Red Mansions, traditional thinking and writing methods have been broken. -The charm and lingering of his article are second. "

Then, it should be a better method to discuss the position of A Dream of Red Mansions in the history of China literature from two aspects: artistic creation and ideological depth.

A Dream of Red Mansions is a wonderful novel. The author Cao Xueqin used his twilight years to write the scene of youth, which is the most wonderful. And suitable for all ages, it is the most rare. It should be said that all kinds of articles have various audiences in China gardens, and A Dream of Red Mansions is the most respected because it meets the needs of different readers in all aspects! In the use of language, it is so poetic, beautiful and unique; As far as layout is concerned, it is a strange peak with caves in the sky. I talked about Baodai's love and the decline and fall of Jia family. It is always fascinating but intriguing.

For example, the main content of A Dream of Red Mansions is still controversial. It is about talented people and beautiful women, which is equally touching, but it breaks through the narrow love theme of traditional literature and expands the friendship between men and women from single love to universal love, that is, a selfless, pure and sincere friendship. At the same time, it also talked about the decline of feudal families and various internal "killing each other and dying" worlds. These two main lines are flickering, but they cross into sounds and reflect each other. The themes of these two books easily remind us of China's other classical novels, such as The Peony Pavilion and The West Chamber, as well as The Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei. The first two are poetic structures, and their artistic conception and charm are based on the "beauty" of poetry and painting, which can be called a model of elegant literature; The latter two novels win by "human feelings and the world", which are unique in the arrangement of scenes, the depiction of characters, the description of details and the creation and application of language, and are models of popular literature. However, A Dream of Red Mansions absorbed their strengths for the first time and became their best combination. In this way, the situation of elegant and popular literature "going its own way" in the history of China literature was broken, and the two met and blended, and a new magnificent river flowed. Since then, China's literary works no longer only talk about talented people suffering, beautiful women unlucky, or only about fugitives and rebellious heroes; A variety of works with both are constantly emerging, showing a situation of abundant opportunities. Once the form of literary works has changed, its content and expression will become rich and full. In this way, no matter from the scope of literary creation or from the perspective of readers' appreciation, there are more free methods and broader space. This is the pioneering contribution of A Dream of Red Mansions.

It is also worth mentioning that A Dream of Red Mansions is not only "written for many people", but also immersed in the scenery, which is an unheard-of precedent in the history of literature, because the author can write poems, be good at painting and be knowledgeable. "In addition to the text of the novel itself, there are all kinds of poems, words, songs, songs, ballads, proverbs, ode, poems, ci fu, couplets, books, riddles, wine orders, parallel prose, quasi-ancient prose and so on. As far as poetry is concerned, there are five stanzas, seven stanzas, five laws, seven laws, hundred laws, lines and poems. There are nostalgic poems, historical poems, scenic poems, riddles, limerick poems, limited poems, rhymes, poems with the same topic, poems with different topics and poems with limited style.

(3) So many comprehensive literary and sports works are integrated into A Dream of Red Mansions and become an organic part of the novel, which plays a vital role in characterization, event undertaking and theme display. And there is one place that is lacking.