On The Modern Urbanite In The Writing Of Neo-sensualism

Shanghai always gives people the impression of modernization, it can be said that, before most inland cities getting rid of classical state, Shanghai has become an oriental great city attributing to its favorable geographic location, foreign settlement and foreign advanced culture etc. This urban life, having great difference from traditional urban life, excited those Neo-sensualism writers living in Shanghai from visual to spirit. So, characters in their works, more or less inevitably influenced by the urban spirit and became "trend-setters". Literature and times are never separated. Literature is the sensible reflection of times and the changing of times is presented by the detail of literature. Thus, through the analyzing of the male and female characters in the works of Neo-sensualism writers, we can delve into the society where they lived.Chapter one,giving an account of the modernization process of Shanghai, and analyzing how a modern society foster its metropolitan children. Chapter two , analyzing the female characters in the works of Neo-sensualism, comparing the writing difference between classical female characters and modern female characters, and moving forward to discuss the social culture influencing people's spirit, such as way of act, value, ethics. etc.Chapter three , analyzing the male characters in the works of Neo-sensualism to state how colonialism and nationalism that seem as two opposite ideology complicatedly embodied on male characters.