From Form To Spirit--talk About Modern Connotation Of May 4^th Diary Novel

Diary novel is a meaningful novel form in Chinese contemporary literature. From contemporary view to review the happening,development and modern characteristics, one the hand ideology and culture movement cause the naissance and reforming of diary novel; on the other hand diary novel with modern characteristics represent the reforming characteristic of Chinese literature from traditional to contemporary. Diary novel appears in early republic of China and begins to contemporary reforming. In 1899, Heritage of Paris La Traviata translated by Mr. Lin Shu introduced diary novel to China for the first time, it provided the art normal form for creating diary novel. Social historical change and modernity ideology and culture movement created the external conditions for diary novel. Form self-development of literature point, it is also the reforming for diary novel development to extent phase. It is not only the literature self-reforming but also the reforming of literator cultural psychology. In 1914, Mr. Xu Zhenya amended his Soul of Jade Pear to Tears of the history of snow-hung, produced the first full-length diary novel. From then on, diary novel boomed. During May 4th period, diary novelists explore novel ideological connotation and aesthetic consciousness. Diary novels indicate the thought brilliance of May 4th period not only in context but also in spirit, it makes diary novel finalizing the transmute from form to spirit.Form modernism of May 4th diary novel composes of modernism of new literature stylistic transformation, it is the happening of literary modernism as well as specific forms. On discourse pattern and structure, diary novel has the specific modernism characteristics. One hand, diary novel has strong subject consciousness, not only because of absolute first person narration, moreover because of the specific discourse pattern, the center connotation of this discourse pattern is autobiographies, true emotions from characters increase the artistic appeal of novel, and consilience with modernism content produces intelligent resonance of readers. On the other hand, diary novel is structured by inner emotion flowing, this is the exploration of novel inner structure. From narrating external events to internal feelings, it is one side of modernism reforming of Chinese contemporary literature. Also it is a huge impact for classical novel which center is plot. diary novel not only concern about human internal feelings, but also compose the novel by internal feeling flowing, develop modernism of Chinese novel on form. Novel structure is externalization of writer emotion. The source of emotion flowing and romantic charm center is writer's life experience. This is the uniqueness of May 4th diary novelists as well as the important reason for novel structure modernismed.The important standard for appraising the work's worthness is literature ideology connotation, then manifests directly for writer's spirit characteristics, so it is the crucial factor of literature modern reforming. May 4th diary novel has the modernity connotation ,its most important indication is in its energetic characteristic, if the diary novel manifests exploration and discovering in the early republic of China, then , in the Five-Four period, people highlighted manifest the work's ideology modern connotation , that is named Five-Four new literature character-enlightenment . Not only manifested the writer's solicitude on human nature, but also manifests them to ponder the social problems, compared with the conservative in ideology and popularity in content for diary novel in the early republic of China,even more manifested the ideological content depth and the extent of the diary mode novel. May 4th diary novel indicates the inner identity of literature and human consciousness, May 4th diary novelists whose subject consciousness awakening, based on'human literature'indicate the living condition of natural person in modern society, express human awakening consciousness from live and death as well as love issues. Novel indicates the personality characteristics as well as undertaken of society responsibility showing the criticism and distinctive characteristics of diary novel. Enlighten consciousness subverts and reforms the popularity on diary novel ideological content in early republic of China. Although diary novel declines in 30's, it truly expresses the ideology of May 4th novelists, also reflects the another point of May 4th literature modern reforming, moreover, many works are produced. The Diary of a Madman and regret for the past by Mr. Lu Xun; Diary of lady Sha Philippine by Ms. Ding Ling; The diary of Lishi and Manli by Mr. Lu Yin ect, all embody the Chinese contemporary development track, deeply influent the Chinese literature development.