A Brief Study ofNarrative Art of Bi Shenghua

As a novel in the form of ballad written by a woman, Bi Shenghua has its unique features in narrative art. With a special feminine narrative style and from a female perspective, the novel has implied the writer's situation and mood. In its structure, it takes the historical development as the main line. The development lines run through five families, which has led to a crisscrossed structure. It is flexible in the narrative arrangement. And when it tells the stories according to the time sequence, it employs pre-narration and flashbacks, which makes the work a harmonious unity.