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Children's Literature In The National Imagination From WuSi To The Cultural Revolution

Posted on:2011-12-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:F L WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360305450325Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Suffered bullying at the beginning of the 20th century children's literature surfaced, along with the humiliation of the Chinese people in difficult arousal and painful process of self-redemption, the future has unlimited possibilities given to children who are being enlightened on the new ideal country nationals and the new unlimited imagination. In this historical background of modern children's literature in the initiation, the start to be coerced to national self-reliance and building a new era of China, among propositions. The theory of evolution seen their homes destroyed in China, the country's historical background death was defined as a linear time latitude, changes in the Chinese dynastic cycle concept of time, the future has unlimited possibilities given to children who are being enlightened on the new national ideal and the new state of unlimited imagination. In contrast to the already soaked feudal numb to endure the reality of adults, the innocent children who are not digging the Enlightenment who is undoubtedly the hope of remaking China.This chapter discusses the New People and new country's history in the context of national subjugation and racial extinction, the children were covered surface, the development of children's literature course permeated with the dream of a powerful Chinese for centuries. Literature in the historical moment of national peril the first highlighted enlightenment enlightenment and education functions, the new state must first Xinmin, has become the generally accepted logic people. Liang in "On the child study" the expression of a new country must be New People's thinking, from children's literature in China are trying to find a new ideal future national character, a hundred years of Chinese children became an important part of the dream power. Darwin's theory of evolution of Lu Xun's well that future generations the meaning of life is far better than the previous generation, young life has the potential of reform, and fear the world's rules, first in the world the courage and perseverance, is the hope of revival of the nation located. Rebuilding the country children are part of the spirit of Lu Xun, as the case of Lu Xun believe childhood is the fate of the future, bad quality of the national critical as the way of new students. Ren emphasis on children's natural instinct of a child on the fulcrum of the human and humanitarian, child ren that the preparation of adult life is, of course, but more children should be independent of meaning and value. Ren emphasizes children's literature, therefore should meet the needs of children first, then the function is the effect of children's literature, namely, the cultivation of intellectual intelligence and imagination. Zhou Brothers nation and humanity from the two dimensions, respectively, elucidates the logic of children's literature fulcrum, to how to build children's literature today provided an important ideological dimension.This chapter last lesson-the revolution of national salvation and discussed the 1930 Revolutionary War historical background and, in line with the reality of salvation revolution needs, children's literature Yinru class, salvation, the revolution and other times the content. Nation's survival is the issue of top priority above all else, is the basis for solving all problems. Thus children's literature is not the Kingdom of light flying in poetic but close to the ground, hard journey, realism became the main current of the creation of children's literature, children's literature should be presented to the bloody reality of the world's children, writers are calling a kind of tenacious, tough national character, look to the future of the national struggle in the blood and fire for national salvation and self-salvation. Zhang Tianyi created by "Da Lin," represented a political fairy tale, no doubt the culmination of the 1930s. Brothers Da Lin and class antagonism in such a society, reached the crossroads of life, their different experiences with the fate of the show they were attached to two opposing classes-the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, and two different social life and thinking in their lives and life to the impact of the road.
Keywords/Search Tags:children, Young China, National rejuvenation, example
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