Recall The Passage Of The "modern Times"

In 1990's"literary nostalgia of shanghai"is a remarkable literary phenomenon,"Nostalgia for Shanghai"cannot be regarded just as recalling sentiments or popular subject matter,at the same time they also reflect the writer's position and spiritual values。Shanghai literary works through the nostalgia of old Shanghai's cultural Remembrance and imagination,Problem of urban cultural identity emerged。"cultural identity"is related to the need of society,history,and culture in a certain times,as well as to the sense of"anxiety","confusion","lose"produced in the course of pursuing cultural identity。In this paper,author will analyze the works of shanghai nostalgia literature,writers and nostalgic reasons,try to analyze the relationship between"nostalgia in the literary texts"and the construction of"cultural identity"of shanghai and the essential significance as we1l as the existing deficiencies of this construction for the past and future"cultural identity"of shanghai。The text of this thesis is totally divided into three parts:The first chapter briefly reviewed the source of"nostalgia",the historical evolution and its relationship with modernity。And focus on an analysis of the three aspects of modern nostalgia: regression nostalgia,reflective nostalgia,identity style nostalgia and the relationship between nostalgia and aesthetic。The second chapter first briefly reviews the history of Shanghai's urban literature and the status;Secondly,analyze the cause o"fnostalgia in the literary texts"phenomenon as well as the relationship between writers and works;finally analyze the"documentary"type of nostalgia of the prose works and the"fiction"of the nostalgic works (for an example as Wang anyi's《chang hen ge》)The third chapter on the basic of reading the second chapter pointed out the character of culture of shanghai during the"nostalgia in the literary texts":refinement and aesthetic daily life,romantic and freedom culture and consumerism and elegance city,the establishment and expansion of the middle-class and pointed out the significance and the lack of the construction of cultural identity in Shanghai。 In the part of conclusion it is to sum up some significance and features of"Nostalgia for Shanghai",the thesis Presents that the key Words for the reasonable and comprehensive construction of cultural identity of Shanghai are"consultation"and"dialogue"。To comply with this principle of construction ,literary works are not only needed to pay more attention to the request of society and current times,but also needed to maintain the hope for a deeper exploit of the cultural spirit of cities in spite of the main-stream of social consciousness。...