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A study on narrative and transformation of the dream in “TaoZhouYaoMeng Ji”: Psychological anxiety of modern intellectuals and buddhistic speculation

Kim Young ok 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

“Tao Zhou Yao Meng Ji” is a short novel written by Han Bangqing, serialized in Hai Shang Qi Shu, 1982. This work succeeded the narrative structure of the existing dream novel, at the same time created the unique ‘MengJing’. I attached importance to this ‘MengJing’ and analyzed Tao Zhou’s dreams. First, I analyzed the way of unfolding focussing on narrative form of the dreams. TaoZhou’s dreams are closely related to his room and his character. There are paintings in TaoZhou’s room, he dreamed a dream relating with these paintings. Also, He was very sensitive to the outside world. As a result, TaoZhou’s dreams were unfolded discontinuously in the plot and the flow of time. Second, I analyzed TaoZhou’s feelings focussing on the dream’s plot. TaoZhou’s dreams are showed his emotions, specifically, pleasure and anxiety. But Anxiety gradually encroached pleasure. As a result, TaoZhou could’t separated from reality and dreams, and suffered from neurosis. Third, I analyzed the cause of TaoZhou’s disease focussing on the end of this novel. The chief priest replied the cause of TaoZhou’s illness from the buddhism standpoint.

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