A Theme-study Of 1930s' Novels Under The Ology Of Eco-Culture

This thesis aims at the methodology predicament in modern Chinese literaryhistory study, puts forward "Ology of Eco-Culture" issue to provide a new theoreticalway for the modern Chinese literary history research. The thesis regards "1930s'novels" as researching object, working hard to restore the history cultural ecosystemwith touching the periodicals and expose the covering of literary history study,showing the true circumstance of the literary history. The novel study is the main partof this thesis;it is the application of "Ology of Eco-Culture" and also the fact proof tothe theory.The prologue "Ology of Eco-Culture: a new theoretical way in modern Chineseliterary history study", puts forward "Ology of Eco-Culture" proposition anddemonstrates it with the basic principles such as anthropological philosophy, modernhistorical philosophy and Marxist philosophy, etc. establishing the theory in logicaland historical, art and ethical, cultural and historical levels, demonstrating itspossibility and inevitability. From "Ology of Eco-Culture" standpoint, the 1930s'novels include at least five great topics: nationalism, rank revolution, eliteenlightenment, citizen society and "searching for cultural root". The modern Chineseliterary history is the result of these five powers. The main part of this thesis is basedon these five topics.Chapter 1 "Folk and nation: imagined communities" will study the legitimacy ofnationalism literature which is supported by Nan king government. Nationalism isbeneficial to the country independence, self-confidence, national sovereignty andterritory unity;Nationalism literature serves for the union and independence, deservesto study afresh.Chapter 2 "Class revolution: the dream of liberation" will inspect the Chineseproletariat literature troops and illustrate its rationality.Chapter 3 "Didacticism: the enlargement of May 4th tradition in 1930s " willstudy the literature flow which paying attention to the human rights and culturalenlightens, discover the reason of its recession. Didacticism literature still has itsimportant historical and realistic value now.Chapter 4 "Citizenry society: the public space and life poem" generallydescribes the social condition of citizenry society in 20-30s of 20th century, displayits economic power and political ideal, public space and citizenry culture, study the"new felling", novels about swordsmen, "new mandarin duck and butterfly" etc.Citizenry literature satisfied the civic natural requests, expressed the respect of"humanity". It is legitimate in every era.Chapter 5 "Cultural China: The literature searching for root in 30s". When ourcountry was facing crisis in 1930s, parts of intelligentsia tried to rectify the nihilism,return to study the Chinese traditional and folk cultures in order to reconstruct thenational ethos, and became the "night watchman for Chinese traditional culture".Some authors rebuild the Chinese classic aesthetics and novel spirit, constituted aliterary realm of "searching for cultural root". They made the traditional culture amodern transformation. This literature flow has an important significance inremedying the "modernity naivety" in modern literature.The conclusion part "Humanism literature: 1930s' novels under the Ology ofEco-Culture visual field", reiterates the important principles of the "Ology ofEco-Culture" such as "literary field", discovering history and recuperate theecosystem, the freedom of literature and literary liberty, historical literature andliterary history etc., The Ology of Eco-Culture seeks after the purpose that relievingthe literary history from the bondage of political ideology and becoming a forbearingand healthy literary history which regard humanism as the most important principle,so that rebuilding a graceful researching environment.The thesis has the targets that, the first, according to the research object toestablish the theory of "Ology of Eco-Culture", providing a new theoretical way forthe modern Chinese literary history research, this is the theoretic target;The second,to reiterate the important principles of the "Ology of Eco-Culture" such as "literaryfield", discovering history and recuperate the ecosystem, the freedom of literature andliterary liberty, historical literature and literary history etc. This is the target ofmethodology. The third, this paper will set up a logistic frame for 1930s' culturalthoughts, novel writing and new literary historical view based on the "Ology ofEco-Culture". This is the inaugurate target of history writing style. The forth, todistinguish the five kinds philosophic cultural thoughts in 1930s' from the originaljournals and publications, re-exploring the complexity of 1930s' cultural ecosystem.This is the writing target of this thesis.