| As a study on modern Prose of Jiangnan focuses on Regional Characteristics and based on literary geography and literary anthropology, analysis through two important periods of history in modern times. All of those can providing mighty support for entire literary and cultural research of south of Yangzi River, and providing references for the same kind of study in other areas.During modern times literary and cultural Jiangnan located on the edge of East China Sea, the area centered around Taihu Plain, including East Zhejiang province towards south, southern Anhui towards west, and southern Jiangsu towards north. In this region rivers crisscross, it is known as water cradle for its quantities of lakes, moderate climate and plenty of rain.Prose of Jiangnan during modern times give expression to people, earth and man-land relationship of Jiangnan. Within total 2757 pieces of prose from Neoteric Literature of China and New Literature of China, they are 583 pieces of prose which expressed on individual character, interest or life style. If we took a look at the relation between quantity of prose and social condition, Prose of Jiangnan need uncontrolled general mood of society and peaceful social environment. In terms of geographic distribution of author, we can know that most prosers concentrate on Taihu Plain and Ningbo and Shaoxing Plain, Gradually reduced from the center to the edge. Prose of Jiangnan during modern times has the bright region characteristic - "the water character". Its first meaning lies, the south of Yangzi River is the poem, its root in water. The water environment of south of Yangzi River is like poem and picture, and giving people unlimited aesthetic feeling. Its temperature is moderate unlike "ice" of the North, also different with "the fire" of the South; there are many rivers and lakes, water is supple and mountains are beautiful, so the life is prosperous. Comparatively speaking, the Fujian is too hot, the Northeast is too cold, Hunan's mountains are dangerous, the land of the Northwest is too dry. So the mild climate and beautiful scenery is the most notable in the Prose of Jiangnan, and this is the external beauty of the water-like Jiangnan.The second meaning of Jiangnan's "the water character" is that, the environment created by the plenty water lead to free personality and real life. They want to be a hermit and don't chase for wealth. They are not only happy to play in the mountains and also plant trees and special grasses. Both animals and plants, as long as there is life and fun, are loved by the people of Jiangnan. Mountain "View, free personality, delightful gardening, lovely life, as well as scholars are all wrote in the modern essays. South can not do without all these aspects of "water":water created a natural, affect the human personality; and art can not live without nature, especially inseparable from the human personality. We can say that in modern South prose has three unique Viewpoint, that the human personality, the nature and the art. We can also dense it into one, that is "delicate".The third meaning of Jiangnan's "the water character" is water-like wisdom and tender emotion of people from Jiangnan. They know the complexity of life, just like the unfathomable water. They go with the stream when they facing difficult situation. But also they have own views. What they chased, is the peace of mind and the joy of living. They express their thoughts in a implicit way, not a directly way. Their emotions always intangible, just like the environment of Jiangnan.Prose of Jiangnan during modern times displays the wisdom of life and rich elegant feeling. Intelligence and emotion merge and produce a soothing rhythm. This rhythm often soaked in temperament and artistic life of human in Jiangnan going along with the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan. It is memorable. In this sense, the water-like Jiangnan presents endless poetic. |
PDF Full Text Request