Abstract：This paper examines Lu yao’s representative novel－The Ordinary World in terms of its theme of self-redemption and its correlation with many contemporary works. In particular， it studies how this novel manages to enlighten the young with its philosophical thinking of self-redemption，and how it succeeds in finding an exordinary way of searching for traditions， which establishes its status as a literary classic with unique aesthetic value in Chinese literature of the 1980s.
张 冀. 自我的救赎与寻根的异途——论《平凡的世界》的叙事图景与文学史意义[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2021, 60(1): 89-96.
Zhang Ji. Self-Redemption and the Unusual Way of Root-Searching——On Narrative Pattern and Significance in Literature History of The Ordinary World. journal1, 2021, 60(1): 89-96.
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