Unique Contribution To The Chinese Native Soil Novel Of Shen Congwen's Novel

Shen Congwen, who only finished prefectural elementary school,growing from very desolate FengHuang county of Xiangxi of Hunanprovince. After tided over destitute and vagrant life, suffered discriminationand disdain by ophidian who considers himself always right, he bared offthousands upon thousands readers adoring, by with a novelist just the feelingand with a huge picture scroll with strong conditions and customs of westernHunan, also write a brilliant chapter in the history of modern literature. Shen Congwen has achievements in many respects of studying such asnovel, poem , prose , literary criticism , historical relic etc. This paper mainlydiscusses his unique glamour in his created native soil novel. In ShenCongwen's works, western Hunan is a kingdom of imagination, is the eternalimage of Chinese literature and one of the bright remembrance in the 20thcentury too. In this meaning, Shen Congwen realized his hope of"people oflocal scenery record"." No matter what situation will be developed into in thefuture, the appearances and sounds of the old society of western Hunan, fearand hope , have kept in Shen Congwen's native soil literary works at last ". Inhis writing, majority take place by water of his homeland: Agile and bravesailor seeking living on water, prostitute of Diao Jiaolou that live on doingsailor's business, soldier lead peasant family that daughter elope ordinary,turn on little shopkeeper wife, doing foot people errant all one's life of innand so on.. He isn't merely to reverse reflect it happen city life foul to line withinstead according to coordinate to regard western Hunan as, the moreimportant thing is , he considered western Hunan of natural scene withbeauty , honest township wind folk custom and the mellow human nature as akind of symbol of the form in life. He chanted it of song, in fact publicizingthe form in his ideal life, he hopes this beautiful, healthy, natural life modecan be utilized by the modern people, thus achieve the goal of reinventingnational character. his paper first introduces the historical background of the native soilnovel and its creation circumstances before Shen Congwen , then expoundsthe uniqueness of his native soil novel about the writing motivation, content, 49aesthetics, style and effect, etc. From the the twenties of the 20 century, representatives by Lu Xun,appearing a lot of writers who depict the life of the farmers in the bottom andthe misfortune of their living, marriage, spirit and fate, such as Wang Luyan,Xu Jie, Wang Renshu, Peng Jiahuang, Jian Xian'ai, Tai Jingnong and so on,they raise the upsurge of the native soil novel. But Fei Ming and ShenCongwen develop a new style of their own, they depict the condition of thepeople of custom of the villages, especially the naiveté and beautiful humanfeeling, the style is fresh and light and far , they formed another style ofpastoral song of rural area. Especially Shen Congwen, he look up hishomeland with adoration, always excavate the beautiful things for the readers,Xiangxi was regarded as the ownership of his soul. The special geographical environment of Xiangxi and the tradition ofnecromancy's loving in the place of Chu, and the experience of his specialidentity as a "boor" in the city, all made him have peculiar nostalgia toXiangxi, so he wrote a great deal of productions to exhibit the folkway andfolk-custom of Xiangxi. The custom that sing in antiphonal style, the festivalcustom, the life custom and the worship to the supernatural witch in Xiangxi,are all exhibited under his write. Also, the forthright and pure personality, thebehavior with loyal and brave kindheartedness and righteousness, the firmand tough and tensile spirit and the naturally warm love are all replayed in hisnovel. In his woks, the author not only displays scene of Xiangxi, also singsfor the beautiful, healthy, spontaneous and vigorous forms in life. Throughth...