Cultural Norms of Humanity in Lu Yao’s Pingfande Shijie(PDF)
《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2016年02期
- Page:
- 146-
- Research Field:
- 当代文学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Cultural Norms of Humanity in Lu Yao’s Pingfande Shijie
- Author(s):
- CAO Jing-xian
- Keywords:
- Pingfande shijie; humanity; cultural norms
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- Lu Yao’s Pingfande shijie平凡的世界(Ordinary World)is an opus depicting the life of people living on the Huangtu plateau in the northwestern region of China from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. The reason why this novel is well accepted by readers of different ages in different times is that the nature of the common people and the features of their cultural awareness determined by the cultural norms are both best shown by the characterization of the novel. The novel gains a timeless quality because its readers feel great affinity with its understanding of the culture.
Last Update: 2016-03-15