Research on Dictionary-style Novels in the New Century
by Li Xiaoyu
About This Novel
Dictionary-style novels are not a new topic. Since the publication of texts such as "Khazar Dictionary" and "Maqiao Dictionary", many dictionary-style novels and Asian dictionary-style novels with similar stylistic characteristics have appeared in the literary world in the new century. However, academic circles mostly use "Maqiao Dictionary" and other texts as individual cases for critical analysis, and have not conducted systematic and in-depth research on dictionary-style novels. The complexity and richness of dictionary-style novels themselves have not been fully understood. In particular, no scholars have yet conducted an in-depth and systematic discussion on the complex relationship between the emergence, development and expression of New Century dictionary-style novels and the promotion of New Century literary ecology, literary journals, Wulibo Group and critics. Since dictionary-style novels have both the cross-genre and typological characteristics of new century literature, this article studies new century dictionary-style novels as a "specimen" of new century literature. It combines "external" research elements of literature such as the grand background of the new century literary ecology with the specific text analysis of dictionary-style novels, the types of dictionary-style novels, and The combination of the two major trends not only grasps the types, characteristics, turns and other issues of dictionary-style novels at the macro level, but also conducts specific text analysis at the micro-level, combining the macro and micro, analyzing the pros and cons of dictionary-style novels in contemporary novel creation, and exploring one of the possible ways of literature in the new century.
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