Subversion And Reconstruction Of Traditional Family Ethics

Avant-garde literature writers have developed Humanity spirit tradition that formed in May 4th Movement by using their sober social consciousness and novel writing patterns. Yuhua is a representative one of them. He can explore the trend of literature development and adjust his creation direction to it in different stages. Therefore he received a widespread attention in commentary. Although his literature practising forms aren't consistent, he is always writing for human nature in his 30-year-old writing career. Family contains the most basic relations of human society, so the thesis focuses on the Yuhua's description of family life. By analyzing ethics relations between the fathers and sons, the husbands and wives, elder brothers and younger brothers in his novels, the thesis will demonstrate his thought development which is from subversion to reconstruction of traditional family ethics. The thesis is composed of three parts.â… Broken familyThe family which is described in Yuhua's novel is constrained, so he described battle and massacre between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, elder brothers and younger brothers indifferently. We can't see a warm happy family in his early novels.a. Opposition between fathers and sons The traditional family ethics requested sons to respect and obey their fathers unconditionally no matter fathers are right or not. Yuhua used his oppositions between fathers and sons to reveal unfairness of traditional family ethics. b. Wives' unconsciousnessTraditional family ethics emphasized the roles of wives to the family responsibility and duty, the wives must take orders from husbands. Yuhua subverted the traditional wife's model by his description.c. Brothers' SlaughterTraditional family ethics takes brothers to unite the friendly affection, opposing all harmful thought and behavior. Yuhua use extremely cruel and callous description to subvert the traditional brothers' ethics.â…¡Reconstruction of spiritual homeIn long novel creations, Yuhua starts with a tender feeling to gaze at each one ordinary family, restructuring traditional ethics with sadness and happiness in their ordinary lives .At the same time he has constructed the ideal spiritual home in his minds.a. Equality of fathers and sonsThe father is not god or evil any longer, and they are only ordinary persons. Their personal characters include kindness, tolerance, struggle and fathers return to their own positions in the family with all these excellence.b. True love of poor couplesSentiment between husband and wife is formed in equal foundation. Husbands and wives undertake the family responsibility and duty together. This kindness of description lies on the base of traditional family ethics. c. Brothers' Cooperation Brothers' relations depend on sentiment that is formed in the difficult years. Mutual support is the turning point of their lives.â…¢Process of EvolutionFrom subversion to reconstruction of traditional family ethics, Yuhua explores the human nature under the theory of Avant-garde literature .He is still on the initiation standpoint. a. Pursuit of avant-garde theoryAvant-garde literature not only represents artistic forms but also refers to spirit to stand in front of times. Yuhua sought another kind of pattern to encourage the present generation in the social reforming time.b. Transformation of Initiation standpointYuhua adjusts his own initiation standpoint and changes intellectual outstanding persons' words into folk words. He seeks the happiness of human nature in the tradition and arouses populace's sympathetic chord from ordinary persons.c. Return of national cultureYuhua affirms the value of national culture, and he has adjusted cultural value orientation from western value idea to the nationality that he belong to. In the process of this changing, he found the huge spirit power and precious survival experience.Analyzing Yuhua's dialectical thinking of traditional family ethics, we know that he has a strong historical sense of mission as a writer. By writing the process from subversion to reconstruction of traditional family ethics, he gives the deepest concern to the present generation. He hopes he can achieve his humanities ideal by reconstructing traditional family ethics.