The Spatial Writing of Chang'an Fairy Fantasy Novels in the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty
Chang'an fairy fantasy novels,as a unique type of legends in the middle and late Tang Dy-nasty,complex spatial writing is one of the content that can best reflect its characteristics of styles.Three different spaces are constructed in the novel,which are the social space displayed under the influence of Chang'an City,fairy fantasy world and"Imperial court"culture.The special form of spatial writing leads to the unique characteristics of space in the novel,such as flexible in space span,inclusive in cultural ex-change and tragic in emotional tone.From the overall point of view,the spatial writing in Chang'an fairy fantasy novels is not only the inheritance of the bizarre stories of the Wei-Jin Period and Six Dynasties,but also enriches the subject categories of Tang legends,which is of far-reaching significance to later age.
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