A Study of Adverbs in "the Wizard of Oz
by Wang Sugai
About This Novel
The famous vernacular novel "The Wizard of Oz" in the middle of the Qing Dynasty has achieved outstanding literary achievements. Mr. Zheng Zhenduo ranked it as the three major novels in the middle of the Qing Dynasty along with "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "The Scholars". He considered it "all unprecedented works" and praised it as "covering a wider scope than The Scholars, describing the dark side of society more profoundly than The Scholars, and its skills and writing power are also more vigorous." Li Baichuan, the author of "The Wizard of Oz", mainly lived in Henan, Shaanxi and other places, and his language fully reflected the overall appearance of the Central Plains region at that time. As the most numerous type of function words, adverbs are internally unbalanced and have stronger individuality than commonality. Therefore, they need to be studied as a whole as well as individually. This book makes horizontal and vertical comparisons based on a comprehensive description and analysis of the adverbs in "The Wizard of Oz": In terms of horizontal comparison, it is compared with three contemporary vernacular works, "The Scholars", "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "The Heroes of Sons and Daughters".
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