Research on Song Dynasty Autobiographical Literature from the Perspective of Chinese and Western Narratology
by Wang Ying
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The Song Dynasty was a period of highly prosperous economy, culture, and education in Chinese history. The cultural atmosphere of advocating elegance and erudition made the cultural fashion of elegance and erudition sweep across the entire literati class of the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the country's power declined after the southern crossing, the liberal arts style remained unabated. At the same time, literati and officials generally developed a patriotic ambition to restore the Central Plains. Rooted in such a unique historical and cultural background, the autobiographical literature of the Song Dynasty also showed pioneering and new changes that were different from previous generations, which had a profound impact on the development of autobiographical literature in later generations. While inheriting the tradition, the autobiographies of the Song Dynasty also made interesting explorations and improvements in the development of ideological content and cultural implications. It incorporates in-depth thinking about family and country, life and death, and self, and has extremely diverse ideological and value orientations. The style also shows a development trend from a single narrative to the integration of multiple styles, further deepening the elegance and beauty of autobiographical literature, adding a rare female perspective in previous generations, and integrating the patriotic feelings that moved the world during the Song, Yuan and Chang Dynasties. The new changes in the elegance and taste, female perspective and patriotic sentiments in the autobiographical literature of the Song Dynasty have become its distinctive features and coordinate value in the development history of Chinese autobiographical literature, symbolizing the new height of Chinese autobiographical literature entering a mature stage in the Song Dynasty.
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