Fang Fang is an expert on tragedy. The reason why her novels are focusing on civilians and daily chores but with a moving elegance is because of the tragic element of the novel. The tension of the tragedy lies in the conflict. According to the different kinds of conflict, the tragedies in the Fang Fang's novels can be divided into three types: the social tragedies that manifest the conflicts between man and society, the characteristic tragedies that reflect the conflicts between man and himself, and the conflicts between man and destiny. Society is a combination of individual relations. To some extent, the conflict between man and society is manifested through the conflicts between human beings. The conflict between man and himself is the conflict between human morality, reason and desire, and emotion. Conflict of destiny, focusing more on the untiring struggle of people on the mysterious, impermanent fate. The various types of tragedies in Fang Fang's novel focus on the tragedies of human beings, the inaccessibility of interpersonal relationships, the inevitable disappearance of human weaknesses, the unpredictability of impermanent destinies, and the avoidance of drowsiness, which make people sleepy and hard to survive.%方方是写悲剧的能手, 其小说之所以写市井平民、写日常琐事也能具有一种动人之美, 就是因为小说所蕴含的悲剧内核.悲剧的张力在于冲突, 按冲突的不同, 方方小说中的悲剧可分为三种类型:表现人与社会冲突的社会悲剧, 表现人与自身冲突的性格悲剧, 表现人与无常命运冲突的命运悲剧.社会是个体关系的总和, 人与社会的冲突, 一定程度上通过人与人之间的冲突表现出来;人与自身的冲突, 是人的道德、理性与欲望、情感之间的冲突;人与命运的冲突, 重在表现人对神秘、偶然命运的不懈抗争.方方小说中的多种悲剧类型, 集中指向的是人的悲剧, 人际交往的无法逃遁, 人性弱点的不可消弭, 无常命运的难以预估、躲避, 都使人困囿于苦难生存而难以自拔.
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