A Research On The Free Talk-Supplement To Shen Daily

Free talk, one of the famous supplements of old China, has far-reaching influence on Chinese supplement history. It reached the peak between December 1932 and May 1934, when Li liewen was the chief editor.When"9·18"incident burst out in 1931, the non-resistance policy of the Kuomintang government has aroused anger of the people all over the country. Shen Daily which always maintained neutrality was now no longer neutral, and carried out dynamic reformation not only for the destiny of the Chinese nation ,but for the development of itself. The reform of its supplement, The Free talk, is even claimed by Mao Dun that "it makes progressive person excited, the person who falls behind frightened ". After the reform, Free Talk began to reflect the public feelings, the public wills in time, and propose to save the country so that it may survive, which turned out to be a supplement standing at the forefront of the time and bear the responsibility of the society. On the basis reading the materiel in connection with the data , the author analyzes the characteristic of"Free Talk"in this stage , and expects that it will do good to the development of newspaper supplements today .This paper firstly gives a general idea of Shen Daily and Free talk, and also tells the readers the reformation background. The reasons why The Free talk needed reform can be analyzed from three aspects:the self-development of Shen Daily , the development crisis of The Free talk, and the new needs to satisfy the readers.Then the characteristic of Free Talk in this period is analyzed, which also is the main part of this paper. Facing the national disaster, Free Talk positively supports the anti-Japanese war, displaying the function of public opinion guidance. Free Talk introduces new knowledge, spreads the new thoughts, and criticizes the decayed culture, which widens the horizons of the public. In Free Talk, the progressive writers expose and attack all kinds of evils by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and ingeniously avoid the news exam of Kuomintang, which makes Free Talk a powerful position against culture encirclements of Kuomintang .There are 30 discussions with all kinds of aspects in over one year in Free Talk, during which people can communicate with each other in the free atmosphere equally. The writers with different ages, attracted by the style of Free Talk, formed an unprecedented magnificent writer group. the articles in Free Talk cover many literary styles, and do much good to the development of the essay in particular.We can learn a lot from the experiences. Free talk positively bares the community responsibility at the critical time, and brings the guiding effect into play. It provides a forum where the public can discuss all kinds of social issues. In the society with a wide diversity, phenomenon appears one after another, the masses attach more importance on their right to be informed and right to participation. Exert a Public-opinion guiding in a subtle way ,meeting the needs of the masses on messages, providing a free space for realizing the masses'utterance right, the supplement play a important role.