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宁《《英英美美文文学学》》课课程程论论文文A Comparative Study of the Characters in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and English Gothic Novels聊斋志异与英国哥特式小说人物刻画的比较研究学 院专 业班 级姓 名学 号授课教师2013 年 1 月《英美文学》课程论文0A Comparative Study of the Characters in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and English Gothic Novels1. IntroductionStrange Stories from a Chinese Studio and English Gothic novels are referred to as the ghost novel. Both of them include horror, mystery, supernatural phenomenon, misfortune, death, haunted houses, and family curses. Gothic novel as one branch of the English literature and the father of horror movies origins from The Castle of Otranto(1764). More importantly, it leads habitually with darkness and horror. Gothic Novel swept the whole of Europe between late 18th and early 19th century, and developed into a tradition and became one of the genres in fiction writing; not a few contemporary and modern English and American writers are profoundly influenced by it.Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio or Liao zhai Zhi yi is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales written by Pu Songling in Classical Chinese during the early Qing Dynasty. Pu borrows from a folk tradition of oral storytelling to put to paper a series of captivating, colorful stories, where the boundary between reality and the odd or fantastic is blurred. The cast of characters include vixen spirits, ghosts, scholars, court officials, Taoist exorcists and beasts. Moral purposes are often inverted between humans and the supposedly degenerate ghosts or spirits, resulting in a satirical edge to some of the stories. Ghosts and spirits are often bold and trustworthy, while humans are on the other hand weak, indecisive and easily manipulated, reflecting the author's own disillusionment with his society.Although the two types of ghost novel, one is in the Western Hemisphere, the other is in the eastern hemisphere. They have shown the preferences of the surreal ghost theme, indicating that the literature spanning between different cultures also exist some common aesthetics and art performance. They use the common theme —“body and soul“, “crime and punishment“, “death and resurrection“. In fact, there are also differences—their vivid and different characters. Because of their vivid characters, the depth of detail across the novels, the powerfully imaginative plot and the sheer verve of the writing make them a masterpiece of its genre. So I want to compare the different Characters in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and English Gothic Novels, especially about Criticism on Images of Women.《英美文学》课程论文12. Origins of Gothic novelsGothic novels are origined from The Castle of Otranto, written by Horace Walpole in Britain at the end of the 18th century, which created the early classical Gothic novel mode. Its birth is deeply connected with the ideas of Cemetery Poets at that time, as well as with Gothic aesthetic stantard raised by Edmund Burke.The publication of the Castle of Otranto quickly raised imitations of Clara Reeve, Sophia Lee, William Beckford and the alike. Gothic style had become the most popular and expanded from Britain to the whole European countries and the United States.In 1790s, gothic novels gradually became two branches. One is horrible Gothic Novels. The Features are this branch of gothic novels insist on traditional ways. Morbid evil are added in order to make the novel more mysterious and horrible. There are many representatives: Matthew Lewis (1775-1818), The Monk (1795), Charles Brown，1771-1810), Wieland (1798).The other one is sentimental gothic novels. The stories still happen in the castle, but the over-mystery and extremely horrible effects are discarded. This makes the stories more logical. The Representatives are Mary Radcliffe (1764-1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), Sally Wood (1759-1855), Julia (1800),Isaac Mitchell (1759-1812), The Asylum (1804).3. The Characters in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and English Gothic Novels3.1 The summary of the vivid characters In these ghost novels, we can find the cast of characters include vixen spirits, ghosts, scholars, court officials, Taoist exorcists and beasts. Especially, there are many descriptions about the images of women. According to the data shows that in a lot of best-selling “modern Gothic“ novels, Male-Female relationships play an important role in the stories. This article will compare them in two aspects of the similarity and dissimilarity.3.1.1 The SimilarityFrom the novels, we can find there are many Angel-like Ladies with Unparalleled Beauty. In Pu Songling's novels, there are many supernatural image, most of the image are 《英美文学》课程论文2females. Against the secular concepts, these women are demons and ghosts, but they are kind-hearted, laborious, brave and single-minded. Even if some of them want to kill someone for revenge, but they never hurt innocents, their ending most are tragedy. In English Gothic novels, the writer I hav。