The Theme Evolution of Contemporary Meng Jiangnv's Story Rewriting Novels
The story of Meng Jiangnv crying about the Great Wall is the most influential and widely spread among the folklore stories a-bout the Great Wall.Since the contemporary era,the story of Meng Jiangnv has been constantly interpreted in the works of novel writ-ers,and the rewritten novel of Meng Jiangnv's story has appeared,that is,the novel based on the legendary story of Meng Jiangnv,which has been spread for thousands of years,but has new embellishment and deduction on the content theme.From the 1950s to the begin-ning of the 21st century,contemporary novels about Meng Jiangnv's story have formed a relatively obvious changing clue.Before the 1990s,the rewritten stories of Meng Jiangnv still continued the plot line of"seeking"and"crying"in the original stories of Meng Jiangnv and the traditional theme of"chastity";At the beginning of the new century,it rewrites the archetype and characters of Meng Jiangnv's story,subverts the image of Meng Jiangnv,and gives the story a non-traditional theme of modernity.After 2005,the prototype of Meng Jiangnv obtained the sublimation of mythological significance and the hope of metaphorical dialogue between God and man.The theme evolution of Meng Jiangnv's story rewriting novels has a deep mark of The Times.