≪西游记≫空间背景的构成方式及其意义— 以“八十一难”为中心

Abstract

Through the classification and combing of the spatial structure characteristics and the spatial background of Journey to The West’s “The eighty-one sufferings”, we can see that it is basically presented in the works as the coexistence of reality and surreal space background. First of all, the surreal space background not only lays the mythological background of the work, but also shows the unique spatial significance of the work through four levels of space structure and the movement of “specific characters”. Secondly, by comparing the seasonal description with the physical spatial description, we can see that the author basically regards the rugged natural environment as a “barbaric alien land”. The closed external relations and ideas of Ming Dynasty are embodied in such a spatial concept, which is the limitation of the works. Finally, through careful spatial background arrangement, the works will take a line of convergence, suffering to overcome the process of vividly out. And the transformation of characters between different levels of space not only enriches the narrative factors caused by multi-level spatial background, but also becomes the core factor to carry out the “The eighty-one sufferings”.