Difficult Trek

The"October"is the first important large-size literature periodical in the China's new period, it contains short, medium, length novels, essays, poetry and reportage. The periodical has distinctive features of age and close to reality, and also produced extensive and far-reaching influence. From published,"October"always insists its literary principles, and becomes an important window for numerous readers, writers and literary critics understanding and appreciating literature. The author tries to explain the specific style of literature in the China's new period though researching and analysis"October"(1978-1985) from four aspects.The literature in the new period inheritance and developed the realism literature: on the one hand, insisting on May 4th realism literary tradition though publishing classic works and literary theory; on the other hand, starting understand and explain realism from all over in by establishing the theme of"eternal truth"and broadening the subject field this way. In the concrete works in information, not only valued and adapt to public appreciation level, and dare to face reality, have the courage to break subject area, examine the calm, objective historical and current, struggling to restore traditional realism literature, leading the development direction of realism literature.The second chapter analyzes an important literary theme which"October"pays attention on: reflecting on history and reality profoundly, reflecting the double disaster in people's spirit and body brought by"Ten years of turmoil"and people's various reaction in leftist political background after the founding of new China and the profound influence on real life produced by politics. Review the reckoning public introspective and self-rescue rebirth the process, and the courage to face history and reality and bosom.Chapter three reflect on reality from the angle of literary works: every aspect of change and innovation in the China's new period. Analysis the complex and contradictory in human-being by means of reading the changes and innovations in urban and rural. Thinking stubborn sticking and introspective innovation within our nation. Take the populace to live antagonized surface and deep heart ripple and profound subtle changes in mediocre life, revealing cover representation of life essence, exploring national continue to travel forward footprints. The last chapter make an on-the-spot investigation on an important content which recovery and booming after the end of"Cultural Revolution"and always to be concerned by literature: secular daily life."October"reflected the new and complicated status of family, work, marriage, life in the contemporary era. The contradiction between the career and marriage, and family highlights. Life displays its dull, trivial side, new ideas have poured into everyday life and all sorts of trouble, contradictions, and trivial filled with life's every gap."October"paced with times closely, paying attention on reality and experiencing life's sorrow and helpless, and reporting the specific style of the literature in the new period comprehensively.