THE COMBINATION OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN NOVELS BY MO YAN IN THE ASPECT OF NOVEL LANGUAGE

Abstract

In the early days of his writing journey, Mo Yan established his own style - his  way which was "different from those of other people as well as other Western writers and Chinese writers". One of the elements that helps to establish Mo Yan's writing talent is his art of creating novels from the intercultural perspective with clever and harmonious combination of tradition and modernity. In the aspect of his novel language, it could be seen that this combination has been richly demonstrated to a great extent. Within the scope of this paper, we focus on investigating the blending and weaving of the two factors East - West in his novels in the language aspect, thereby discovering a breakthrough in the elements of modern arts which is not only characterized by freshness but also brimming with folk style.