Dramas about Journal to the West Written by Literati in Qing Dynasty:Narrative Strategy and Character
In the process of the evolution and dissemination of the stories about the Journey to the West and the completion and classicization of the one-hundred-chapter Journey to the West,the conflict and tension between"proving the Tao"and"gaming"are the most important factors that affects the narrative strategies of various text.Under the comprehensive influence of the three types of"pre-texts",when weighing the relationship between the two,the literati in the Qing Dynasty inclined to take"proving the Tao"as the external narrative framework and"gaming"as the internal narrative structure.The theme of"proving the Tao"has not penetrated into the texture level of the text.It often appears at the end of the text or as a scene of inclusion pattern.While framing the narra-tive,it also provides an external,explicit and directly identifiable meaning for the text.The main body of the nar-rative is still based on the"gaming",whether it is to reorganize the"time-causality"relationship of the events within the"gods and demons"story,or to"weave"into new events,all of which serve it.This makes the dramas show a stronger"gaming"character than the novel.
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