Under The Red Flag

"Ideological politicalization", means that some kind of political ideology widely permeates literature by the political authoritative power. Through the penetration of polity, literature becomes a section of political ideology and literary prodution becomes a special way for a certain political purpose." Ideological politicalization" gradually robs literature of the self-helping value and literature becomes appendage of polity. Ideological politicalization of the revolutionary historical novels has arose from three factors below. First, the profound relationship between Chinese polity and Chinese literature, especially the unity of modern polity and modern literatury was the historical background of ideological politicalization of the revolutionary historical novels. Second, ideological politicalization of the revolutionary historical novels was the demonstration of the epochal polity and the result of literary criticism. Last, ideological politicalization of the revolutionary historical novels was the self-conscious pursuit of the authors with the political zest. Ideological politicalization of the revolutionary historical novels was realized by grand historical narrative, lofty heroes and popular style. From the extent, the writers adopted nation narrative of large scale and depicted great historical events and courses. From the depth, the writers revealed the essence of history that was the struggle of the two opposite classes was the motive of the revolution and objectivity, progress and inevitability were the instinct rules of the revolution. All the heroes in the novels had excellent personalities, firm will and facing death unflinchingly. The popular style of the revolutionary historical novels characterized three aspects that were popular language, changed chivalrous theme and devious plots. When we desert ob-polity mind and emotional factors, practcially and realistically, the revolutionary historical novels has some important social values. To begin with, the moral impacts maybe have been the most significant meaning of the revolutionary historical novels. What is more, to some extent, the revolutionary historical novels had the cohesion effects at that time. Last but not the least, the revolutionary historical novels filled up the blank of the popular literature. Under the control of political ideology, what are the defaults of the revolutionary historical novels are the lack of the deep-seated aesthetic purport and the philosophic lay of person. In the revolutionary historical novels, people belonged more to political property and the writers were short of the thinking of the personal fate, the existent significance of a person.