The success of the novel "A Dream in the Garden" lies in the perfect application of the stream of consciousness technique, which highlights the loveliness of the past and the sadness of the present in the interweaving and contrast of the past and present, thereby vividly expressing the helplessness of life. !

When Lan Tianyu sat down on the throne with a blush and heartbeat after everyone's persuasion, she couldn't help but think back to Qian Pengzhi's care for her and the grand scene he set up for her. Despite all the glory, wealth, style and dignity, but now that the glory has passed, and he is unable to calm down the scene, things are indeed different from the past, and loss and melancholy have become inevitable.

When Lan Tianyu witnessed Jiang Biyue drinking a cup of Huadiao in a arrogant and playful manner, he was evoked by the familiar sentence "Is it because I don't appreciate a girl's face?", and her consciousness flowed into the time and space of Guizhi Xiang birthday wine. At that time, my younger sister, Yueyuehong, was bright and charming, and she was so young and energetic that she also said such words to embarrass her. But his former lover Zheng Yanqiu also took advantage of the situation and started to play around, bending down to toast and calling her "Madam" softly, without any scruples.

Yue Yuehong was just like Jiang Biyue today. She had stolen her sister's man, and she had to show off her authority and face in front of her sister. They also like to dress in bright colors, full of brilliance, and want to attract everyone's attention. Mrs. Dou's banquet today and her birthday banquet that year formed another set of contrasts.

The novel is narrated from the perspective of the third person Lan Tianyu, as if he is accumulating strength. When the alcohol becomes stronger and Mrs. Qian’s emotions accumulate to a considerable extent, the realistic clues of the Dou Mansion banqueting guests to sing Kunqu opera are completely interrupted. .

In the flow of Mrs. Qian’s consciousness, she returns to the scene of the banquet a cappella concert in Nanjing: sometimes it is General Qian’s loving words, sometimes it is Zheng Yanqing’s soft voice, and sometimes it is the blind master’s infinite love. Sighing, sometimes it is the wanton ridicule of my sister, sometimes it is the indulgent intercourse between myself and my lover, sometimes it is the gentle words between my sister and my lover.

After listening to "A Dream in the Garden", she was moved by the scene, and psychologically relived the most painful experience in her life... The combination of past experience and the situation in front of her aroused and promoted Mrs. Qian's emotions. Consciousness flows.

The flow of Mrs. Qian's consciousness makes the story of Dou's mansion overlap with the story of Mrs. Qian's Nanjing wine feast and acapella concert. Two stories in two time cross-sections overlapped in Mrs. Qian's stream of consciousness.

Mrs. Qian’s stream of consciousness leads her emotions to a climax, naturally forming an ups and downs effect in the text. A mature, harmonious and undulating work of art is thus completed. The alternate use of stream-of-consciousness techniques such as montage, time-space jumping, and free association interweaves reality and illusion, creating a world in which time and space are chaotic, mottled, and bizarre.

Extended information

"The Peony Pavilion" is the masterpiece of my country's Ming Dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu. It plays the love tragedy and comedy of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei. Du Liniang, a great lady, went to the garden with her father on her back. When she saw the beautiful scenery of "colorful purples and reds blooming all over the place", she lamented that "everything like this is left with ruined wells and ruins", which triggered the awakening of her own consciousness of humanity.

Nan Ke Yimeng fell in love with Liu Mengmei. After waking up from the dream, he missed his lover bitterly and died of depression. Resurrected three years later, the lovers Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei finally got married.

"Visiting the Garden" is the first half of "Dreams", the tenth play of "The Peony Pavilion". This part is composed of six pieces of music, which vividly sings the youthful mood of a self-pitying girl, and organically combines lyricism, scene description and psychological portrayal.

"Garden Tour" is only a small fragment, but it shouts out the voices of suppressed women in feudal society. In a world where there are only hard-to-express feelings, the theme of Garden Tour has a strong social impact. It makes sense. It is precisely because of this that it aroused strong responses and cries in the hearts of the vast number of young women who groaned under the weight of feudal ethics.

The play "Dream" shows Du Liniang's love for nature and the awakening of her youthful consciousness through her appreciation of the beautiful spring scenery and her sighs about the short life of spring, who has been living in seclusion for a long time. Dissatisfaction with his beautiful youth being delayed.

It reflects the depression of young women under the shackles of feudal ethics such as Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties, reveals the devastation and misfortune caused to young people by feudal ethics that stifle human nature, and shows a clear anti-feudal spirit.

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