A Study on the Differences of "Secondary World" in Chinese and Western Fantasy Novels_英语论文

摘要

奇幻小说可以说是21世纪以来最受欢迎的通俗文学。《魔戒》，《纳尼亚传奇》，《哈利波特》是耳熟能详的西方奇幻作品，国内则有《搜神记》，《诛仙》，《风姿物语》等中国奇幻小说。21世纪初，西方奇幻小说引进中国，掀起来中国奇幻小说的兴起。中国奇幻小说深受西方奇幻小说的影响，国内早期的奇幻作品有鲜明的西方小说的特征，不过随着网络的发展，中国奇幻小说吸收中国本土文化并依托网络迅速发展，从而形成了自己的特色。在中国奇幻小说自成一体的过程中，与西方奇幻小说在构建上存在很多差异。本文在第一部分概括了自奇幻小说出现以来，学术界对其定义。并分析了托尔金的“第二世界”理论及对贡献。第二部分析中西奇幻小说在“第二世界”需具备的要素及各要素具体表现。第三部分，分析，对比中西奇幻小说在构建上的差异。最后结论中分析了奇幻文学第二世界的构建是现实的映射，表达了人们在科技日新月异的社会，追求回归原始的思想。

关键词：奇幻小说  第二世界  差异研究  

Abstract

Fantasy novels can be said to be the most popular popular literature since the 21st century. The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter is familiar with the Western fantasy works, the domestic Sou Shen Ji, Zhu Xian, and other Chinese fantasy novel. In 21 century, Western fantasy novels began to be introduced to China, and set off the rise of Chinese fantasy novels. Chinese fantasy novels are influenced by western fantasy novels. The early fantasy works in the country have distinctive characteristics of western novels. However, with the development of the network, Chinese fantasy novels absorb Chinese culture and rely on the network, thus forming their own characteristics. In the process of localization  of Chinese fantasy novels, there are many differences in the construction of western fantasy novels. In the first part, the definition of the fantasy novel since the emergence of fantasy literature has been summarized. And analyzes Tolkien's "secondary world" theory and his contribution to it. The second part analyzes the essential elements of the Chinese and Western Fantasy Novels and the performance in the "secondary world". The third part analyzes and compares the differences in the construction of Chinese and Western fantasy novels. In the final conclusion, the analysis of the construction of the "secondary world" of fantasy literature is a realistic mapping, expressing people in the ever-changing society of science and technology, the pursuit of return to the original idea.

Key words: Fantasy novels; secondary world; difference study

Contents

Abstractii

摘要.iii

Chapter 1 Literature Review.1

Chapter 2 The Construction of the Second World in Fantasy Novels5

2.1 Geographical Environment and Various Race5

2.2 The intricate political system and the belief system.8

2.3 Strength and Magic.10

Chapter 3 The Differences in the Construction of "Second World" in Chinese and Western Fantasy Novels 13                                       

3.1 The meaning of the difference in construction of "secondary world"13

3.2 Contrast on difference in construction of "Secondary World"14

3.2.1 Difference in Completely secondary world construction.14 

3.2.2 Difference in semi-secondary world construction .16     

3.2.3 Difference in the real world consist of second world construction17

3.3 Analysis of Differences in Secondary World Construction.18

Conclusion.21

Bibliography.22

Acknowledgments.23