The Continuation and Modern Transformation of Realistic Literary Creation——A Review of Chen Yan's New Work Starry Sky and Half a Tree
As another realistic novel of Chen Yan,Starry Sky and Half a Tree continues her previous overall vision,focusing on the reality of the bottom of the small people and the vast human world.By borrowing from classical traditional resources,the novel opens up a new way for contemporary realistic novel creation.The realistic scene of the novel is basically set in the poor and isolated"Beidou Village",but it constructs a holographic and metaphorical spiritual world with the help of meaningful"devices"such as psychic owls and dramas.The novel refers to"personnel"with"half a tree"and"heaven"with"starry sky".The metaphysical and physical entanglement runs through the novel,including many earthly social issues such as ecological environmental protection and rural construction.Thus,the overall observation of real life in the novel has reached a certain breadth,depth and height,and also expanded the boundaries of contemporary realistic novel creation.
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