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Main Theme and Models: Christian Culture and Narrative in Chinese Novels

Chen Wei-hua

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Examining the relationship between the Christian culture and narrative in Chinese novels,this paper discovers two features: the allusions and references in the Bible become the main theme;and the narrative framework of the biblical allusions becomes the model of narrative in Chinese novels.This is one of the producing modes of Chinese novels.However,Chinese novels based on such a model are not necessarily of Christian implication.The relationship between the Christian culture and narrative in Chinese novels reveal some trace of growth of New Chinese novels from another angle.

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Key concepts: Narrative, Theme (computing), Literature, TRACE (psycholinguistics), Chinese culture, Narrative criticism, History, Philosophy