The academic research on the metamorphose motif is still in its discrete phase.This paper explores the modern Chinese novels about metamorphose motif from an overall perspective.It is broadly divided into three parts: the exploration of the pattern of the fate, the exploration of the aesthetic features and the significance of deformable characters.The aesthetics of the metamorphose motif find ex-pression in the shocking tragical beauty, the artistic truth of the character contradictions and ugliness.In addition, this paper also probes into the values of deformab...
