Writing skills
The first is to describe the events of the characters in depth and in detail with the legends of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the so-called "description of twists and turns, orderly narration" and "detail" in the poem. The writing purpose of the novels of the Six Dynasties is to "invent Shinto without fraud" and replace reality with fantasy. The content is absurd, the plot is simple and monotonous, and the art is rough and plain. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio reflects real life with strange themes, but it has surpassed the previous strange novels and legends in depth and breadth, reached a new height and made new achievements. For example, different understanding of the underworld.
Second, we can well grasp the relationship between the virtual and the real, that is, the so-called "out of the magic domain, into the world" and "make the fox charming, more human, easy to be amiable, and forget the differences, but occasionally meet the stork and know the nonhuman." In other words, Pu Songling has no imagination, because this is a ghost story, and the characters in the story are bizarre and divorced from reality; Nor will I write about real life and lose the characteristics of ghost stories in order to reflect social reality and pin my "loneliness and anger". There is always a good balance between man and ghost, that is, "a high combination of romanticism and realism." For example, in the article "Fox and Harmony" quoted in A Brief History, the fox demon haunts and never comes out to meet people, but it says, "What can I do for you?" I'm human, too. ""I can hear it, but at present, I look around and can't see it. "Other words to deal with, like ordinary people. In a word, the author mainly grasps that the fox demon can smell its voice, but can't see its strange characteristics, which is what distinguishes her from ordinary people. In this way, it can not only reflect the real human life, but also have a strange and strange color.
Third, adopt the writing method of connecting the preceding with the following, and inherit the writing skills of eight-part essay.
Rhetorical methods:
1, irony. For example, an article entitled "Yishui Scholar" tells that Yishui Scholar was entered into his study by two beautiful women when he was sitting at night. One of the beautiful women put a white silk scarf on several tables, and there were calligraphy works on the scarf, which the scholar ignored; Another beauty put a platinum ingot, and the scholar put it in his sleeve. As far as character identity is concerned, a scholar, as a literati, should be good at writing and light on talent, while a scholar in Yishui only loves money and doesn't like elegant calligraphy. The behavior of scholars is different from the social characteristics of their identity, which constitutes irony.
2. Contrast. For example, Cheater is one of the representative works. As the name implies, the "Department of Examining Cheating" should be a government department that examines fraud, and it should be a fair and strict place. In fact, the director of the fraud department, Ghost King, and his officials and followers are not only ferocious in appearance, but also openly engaged in bribery crimes. In this way, there is a sharp contrast between the unique name of the derailed department and its actual essential characteristics, which satirizes the status quo of social rule in name only and strengthens the irony of corrupt officials in feudal society.
3. Repeat the narrative. Huang Ying has a lot of self-repetition, which is both rich and diverse. There are three main events: one is the repetition of the invitation to Tao to live together at the beginning and end of the work, the other is the repetition of the cohabitation event twice in the middle of the work, and the third is the repetition of Tao's three chrysanthemum-turning events at the end. Through the repeated narration of Tao Saburo's Chrysanthemum, the work depicts its celebrity image, broadens its association and enriches its meaning, the purity of chrysanthemum, the spirit of Ao Shuang, the noble festival and the demeanor of a gentleman.