Change And Renaissance: Research On The Occurrence Period Of Modern Chinese Prose

The period of Modern prose occurrence embodies the difficult choice of the particular culture, reflects the spirit of “ mirror" which comes from the two generations of intellectuals. The period of Modern prose occurrence realizes the complex transformation by the change of the carrier and the communication mode ,the battle of theories, the another selection of aesthetic resources, the highlight of subjectivity and the technical practice of the prose language.This thesis consists of three parts.The introduction explains the theoretical foundation and some key concepts, such as "prose"?"essay"?"the modern prose"?"The traditional prose"?"The period of Modern prose occurrence". It analyses the basic historical pattern and the research status.Chapter I ,which mainly seizes the combination of the modern media and the newborn of The modern prose, focuses on the the individual space of its formation.The Chinese social formation goes through the changes from the late Qing Dynasty , Xinhai Revolution, and the early May Fourth Movement. Along with the rise of newspapers and periodicals, the paradigms of traditional prose is deconstructed. The Modern prose gains the individual space:the Variation of Orthodox prose,the Innovation of "New style", the experiment of Vernacular and Lampoon, the perfection of "logical prose",etc. The chinese prose becomes an important carrier of the Intellectual writing.Chapter ? reviews the forming of the modern prose's independent style,which relies on the constant change of theories. The traditional prose is not only the instruction text,but also the paradigms of the national literature. The period of Modern prose occurrence draws the Western Literary Theory?the traditional Expression function?the Heresy of Aesthetic taste. This unavoidable dilemma struggles the new literature internal, as well as between the Old and New Literature.Chapter III, as the mirror of intellectuals, The period of Modern prose occurrence embodies not only the multiple discourses but also the subjective consciousness. For one side , the intellectuals criticize old ideas,social systems and ethics,for another side,they promote the new ideas,new morality and new culture. the Intellectuals are for marking its uniqueness.From the awakening of man in the late Qing Dynasty to the rise of man in the May Fourth New Cultural Movement, the period of Modern prose occurrence embodies its uniqueness.Chapter ? mainly seizes this period characteristics from the technical path of language conversion. As the most distinct characteristic, a literary language art is not only the old and the new prose translation dominant symbol, is also the important content of its occurrence period.From late Qing Dynasty to the May Fourth, the subject of "The national language movement" converts the simplification of classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese. "The vernacular Chinese movement"converts social function to aesthetic appeal. The language Arts provide the important function to the modern prose achievement.Conclusion: The thesis overlooks the Historical picture of the period of Modern prose occurrence and further analyses the relationship of the field synchronicity and the historical contingency.