Alien imagination and realistic imitation:Double mirroring of Dongting Lake writing in Ming and Qing novels
The"Dongting Lake"writing in the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties presents a double mirror image,which is not only a foreign space that carries the cultural memory of love and immortals,but also a realistic space that witnesses the historical facts of disasters and turmoil,thus manifesting the consistency with the same inheritance and logic of the relationship between the past and present,as well as the subtle and hidden differences and the variability of the transformation before and after.The formation of this characteristic is not only related to the influence of Dongting Lake literature and cultural traditions,but also related to the reality of floods in the Ming and Qing dynasties.In this way,the novelists express their sentiments and concerns for the people,reflect on the value of life,and expand the borders of Dongting Lake literary landscape.
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