The Two-dimensional Nature of the Theme of Resurrection:A New Interpretation of Resurrect the Death
Resurrect the Death,the last article of the Old Tales Retold,is also the last novel written by Lu Xun and therefore has a special status.Lu Xun believes that to reverse the inclination of the Chinese not to tell right from wrong,the first dimension is to resurrect Chuang Tzu,which composes the creation motive of the novel.The second dimension is to resurrect the skeleton into a hefty man within the plot and the three roles of Chuang Tzu,the hefty man and the patroller signify the stable social strata lasting for thou-sands of years in China.For the last time,Lu Xun adopts the genre of novel and the technique of symbol-ism in Resurrect the Death,making a summary of the past and a prospect of the future of the Chinese socie-ty through the two dimensions of its theme.
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