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Concerning Small-town Novels Of Modern Chinese Literature History

Posted on:2012-05-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R F XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330338457308Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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The Literature academic research has been to stick with the rural and urban study of binary opposition, while ignoring the modern novel in the form of frequent small town in the history of modern Chinese literature. There are corruption in a conservative description about Shad Ting's small towns in northwest,the inland town in Xiao Hong's fiction which is poverty and backwardness, the foundation of stable traditional culture,the small town in ShenCongwen's fiction,it's simple, quiet.Thenthere is small towns in Jiangsu and Zhejiang which has the economic impact in Mao Dun.In China's modernization process, the small Town or city with its relatively remote location, the unique geographical, cultural, traditional, unique folklore, has won the favor of writers. Modern Chinese literary history present us a lot of small towns with distinctive regional characteristics. The fictions of small city occurred in the town have not only witnessed this space in a variety of historical and socio-cultural changes, but also to withstand the nation in the throes of transition period and the double reflection of the difficult nature.The thesis takes these small town fictions as the research object. It shows the unique value of the small town in the modern literature on, the special status and special character of a small town in the modernization process of society, complex emotions and when Dilemma in cultural choice in the writing by the analysis of modern town.Firstly, the introduction first defined the necessity of small, and its research novel paper discusses the in-class the main content of modern literature, but also on the creation of small novel its simple comb. Secondly, the research methods of social and historical criticism from the transformation of social culture, respectively, and the uniqueness of the small space and culture life experiences and author discussed from three aspects of literary creation small-town explains the historical context. Next, integration of city natural scenery, folk customs, small-town figures aspects of modern literature group recreates the brilliant city and town was unique in modem literature history literature value. No matter how small the novel bearing literary theme, town has its own unique charm. Accept the enlightenment thoughts town writer, in the city, with a critical look at the small eyes examine tradition, the town and the town people behind the survival condition, but also for modern commercial civilization city expressed deeply worried feelings under. Through the analysis of this paper discussed, expect more deep analysis of writers in writing town of emotional and cultural choice complex dilemma mentality. Town novel is in the face of strange writers to traditional intrusion civilization, infinite is collective buddies of Chinese literature, the pale marked a corner of the net a record of Chinese city social and cultural changes in a small town, and perspectives in the process of modernization show special life state and spirit, have certain historic significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Small town novel, Cultural space, Enlightenment vision, Modern reflection
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