Title: Three Models of Emperor Xuanzong Type Novels and Their Evolutionary Features
Abstract: Emperor Xuanzong type novels may be divided into three models—— the political stories,love affairs and the stories about seeking immortals and buddha.Generally speaking,Emperor Xuanzong type political stories are scattered and not evolved.Emperor Xuanzong's love affairs undergo from the process of criticism ——commendation —— criticism.And Emperor Xuanzong's stories about seeking immortals and buddha have passed from enjoying the equal status to honoring Taoism.These evolutions manifest three characteristics:First,they display the classical novels' affection to the colloquial novels as well as the colloquial novels' evolutionary process.Second,Emperor Xuanzong's political stories are always coincident with the history.Moreover,the stories about seeking immortals and buddha leave far away from the historical facts.Third,Emperor Xuanzong's stories about seeking immortals and buddha show the difference between the texts of the stories.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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