On the Novelization of Cao Cao's Image Criticism in the Romance of The Three Kingdoms—Focus on His"Joy"and"Laughter"
The generation of Cao Cao's image has its historical process,from the official history to the novel,and then to the different versions of the novel,there are differences in the key emotions of Cao Cao's"joy"and"laughter".The objective changes presented by these differences are the process of Cao Cao's image gradually becoming a novel.This process is also the combination of the novel creator's ideological tendency and artistic acuity.By means of overlap,addition,deletion and derivation,the novel makes Cao Cao's"joy"and"laughter"more tortuous and dramatic than the official history,and also shows Cao Cao's temperamental character.
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