英文摘要
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The exploration and construction associated with the nature of a novel often determine the artistic form and content of the novel. In The Golden Age, Wang Xiaobo explores and constructs the nature of novels from the aspect of introspection on existence and life embodied in three manifestations: humorous narrative, imagination and reality, and descriptive discourse. In humorous narrative, Wang Xiaobo adopts the related categories of gender topics and misuses and parodies in the speech genre to structure a novel, creating a reading effect that allows readers to consciously reflect on their existence and life. Imagination is crucial to the fiction and reality aspects of novels. An imaginative novel is not merely an objective reflection of reality but also functions as strong criticism and reflection. Reality and fiction in The Golden Age are reconciled through imagination and thus attain balance and significance; preposterous plots are common in this type of narrative form. Finally, a narrator provides a descriptive discourse based on sensations. Providing such discourse is an essential task of a narrator because it not only presents the sociality or typicality but also the sense of existence and life of the characters in a novel. In contrast to the expression or reflection theory adopted by most modern novels, The Golden Age explores and constructs the nature of a novel by centering on reflecting existence and life during the book's creation.
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