Escape,Return,and Reintegration:On Narrative of Homecoming in Novel Baoshui
When China is undergoing such a modernized transition from a rural society into urban-rural society,the writer Qiao Ye follows the tradition of rural literature with a profound sense of concern for the underprivileged to narrate a homecoming that closely aligns with the essence of rural life,and reveals the inner desires and cultural choices of those who move from the countryside to the city and then return.As an intellectual who advocates letting go of preconceptions,bridging divides,and turning towards the land,Qiao meticulously constructs a warm community full of rural sentiment where people are among people,water is within water.This endows rural civilization with new vitality and the potential for transcendence amidst the tide of modernization.Moreover,by cleverly crafting the image of a new individual and incorporating natural time into the text,in combination with other narrative strategies,the novel offers significant insights for achieving resonance between emotion and rural history under new historical conditions.