An Analysis of Dream of the Red Chamber with the Principle of Narratology
" Dream of the Red Chamber " was a classic Chinese novel. It was a Qing Dynasty novel that depicted the rise and fall of a feudal family through the stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai. In narratology, there was an important concept called "plot narration", which referred to the development of the plot and events in the story. In Dream of the Red Chamber, the plot narrated mainly around the love story of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and others. The plot and events in the story interweave to form a complex plot structure that allows the reader to understand the characters and background in the story in depth. In addition,'Dream of the Red Chamber' also used a variety of narrative techniques such as 'dialogue narratory',' perspective narratory','psychological narratory', etc. A conversational narrative was a way to show the plot and character of the story through the dialogue between the characters. Perspective-based narration was to narrate the story from the perspective of different characters so that the reader could understand each character's thoughts and feelings more deeply. Psychological narration was to show the plot and character of the story through the psychological description of the characters. "Dream of the Red Chamber" uses a variety of narrative techniques to make the story more colorful. At the same time, through the psychological description of the characters to show the plot and character of the story, readers can have a deeper understanding of the characters and background in the story. The use of these narrative techniques made 'Dream of the Red Chamber' a classic of Chinese classical novels.
