On the Theme Activation by the Environmental Elements of Wang Anyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow

Wang Anyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow is considered as contemporaryShanghai Story.In Wang Anyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow,he used environmental elements to stimulate the theme of the novel: a woman's whole life interprets a city's history destiny.Through many environmental descriptions with the lane as the symbol,we feel Wang Anyi's persistent Shanghai sentiment not to be removed,and we also feel a kind of unforgettable Shanghai spirit from the interaction between environments and characters.