On The Acceptance Of LuHsun's Literary Essays

Essay, a literary form developed and matured during May 4th Movement, meets with different attitudes of different readers in different periods. Even the great writer LuHsun himself, Who is regarded as the father of this type of writing., had a changing attitude toward essay writing. The initial motivation that caused LuHsun's turning to essay-writing was his aim of "writing to expose the Human nature and life". Of course, this motivation was also mixed with his creative impulsion and the consideration of creative efficiency.Through a long-term theoretical and practical exploration, essay was eventually accepted as a form of literature, and LuHsun enjoyed great happiness in a harvest of essay writing, and he formally look it a real literary creation.The reading public welcome this form of writing as it is always close to their life and pinpoints their hot points of social life.It reaches the subject matter so quickly that it leaves the writer no time to consider its writing style. Therefore there is no difficulty for admiration.However, the piercing flavour of LuHsun's essays made his essays subject to censure by many critics. And LuHsun himself was often mistaken and refuted by the compromising ones because of his sharping critical attitude toward one vital part but ignoring the other aspects of the objects. Especially those readers who never read the articles by LuHsun's counterparts would think him too harsh, but the value of LuHsun's essays could be uncovered sufficienty by contrast to those by the counterparts.LuHsun's essays are praised as well as criticized because of LuHsun's peculiar characteristics, and they are not welcome by any political bodies because LuHsun always showed his intense subject sense as a modern intellectual.Moreover, LuHsun's essays are destroyed because of their political tendency and ornate style. Especially in such a society which is undergoing economic switching, the readers tend to accept light literature instead of heavy ones because they won't add more pressure on their mind. This is one reason for people's in difference to essay. This paper intends to analyze the acceptance of LuHsun's essays according to the above points.