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Facing the HistoricalNarrative Challenge
——On Historical Theme Narration and Relevant Criticism of Barefoot Doctor Wan Quan-he

  

  • Received:2011-05-23 Online:2012-09-15 Published:2012-09-15

Abstract:

In Chinese contemporary literature criticism has long existed theme determinism, which is wrong in that works on social focus or hotspots gain more attention because of the significant themes but their deficiencies at the literary level are always neglected. Renowned works can be inappropriate in historical narrative, as is in the case of Barefoot Doctor Wan Quan-he, a novel describes how China's rural medical insurance system has developed through time, where the author repeatedly practices the detaildescription techniques in previous works while interfering in readers' comprehension with "flash forward" and "story afterward".

Key words: historical narrative, repetition of detail-description techniques, "flash-forward"

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