On the Death Image in Yu Hua's Vanguard Novels——Also on the Imagism and Influence of Vanguard Novels

The pursuit of artistry in the vanguard novels shifts from the focus of constructing characters' images to creating an overall image. Taking Yu Hua's vanguard novels as example,an overall death image has been created by Yu Hua in his vanguard novels through symbolic description of conspiracy,violence,bloodiness and This image has been given meaning from three aspects:the symbolic death of spirit,the destined death of the history violence and fate uncertainty,and the philosophic speculation of what is death. On the whole,the imagism pursuit of vanguard novels has important influence on contemporary novels.