Study On Themes Of Heiying’s Fictions

As a writer, HeiYing’s creations run through the history of Modern and ContemporaryChinese Literature in20th century. He is not only a rising star of the new sensation schoolalso a major writer of Chinese literature in Indonesia. Because of the less research resultsabout HeiYing, in the field of Literature Study at present, few people have paid attention tohis novels, this article focuses on HeiYing’s works of fiction. In view of the theme innovels plays an important role of "center" and "meaning", starting from the novel themescan be well understand the fiction of emotional content, structure and ideas, this articleselects the novel themes of HeiYing’s fictions as the main research content. Reading novels,the themes can be summarized as drifted theme, absurd theme and patriotic theme.Drifting theme is closely related to an unsettled life of HeiYing, in his novels, thereare kinds of wandering man who reflects life course of the author. As a nowhere man,HeiYing gave attention to them, including sailors, students, strangers and so on, expressedhis own rootless feeling and homesickness.Absurd theme runs through the urban novels of HeiYing. One of the reason HeiYinghas a strong sense of wandering is because his distinct absurd feeling lived in the city. Byscanning absurd cityscapes, depicting fantastic sexual relationship, HeiYing realizeddeeply an absurd feeling in city. This theme both learning from early new sensation schooland having author’s experience.Patriotic theme mainly embodied in HeiYing’s later works,this theme and driftedtheme share one spirit in common: patriotic feeling, think it is sense thing thathomesickness distillation.Either overseas Chinese struggle against violent repression ormiss their homeland and hometown, patriotic theme expresses a love of overseas Chinesefor their motherland.From drifted theme to absurd theme, and then to patriotic theme, HeiYing’s fictionsdemonstrate the diversity of themes and the richness of thematic implication. Interpretingdrifted theme and absurd theme, we can learn that there is inheritance and innovation about the early new sensation school in HeiYing’s early works. His fictions not only alter thedeserted situation of the later new sensation school but also inject new vitality to it.Patriotic theme mainly reflected in his later works, sentimental keynote has disappeared,these novels have an obvious motivational effect on people and have the reference value onstudying Chinese literature and history in Indonesia.In short, as a writer who has a variety of creative factors and patriotism at the sametime, HeiYing contribute to Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature. HeiYing’sworks inherit and innovate the early new sensation school, and they are importantcomponent of Chinese literature and in Indonesia. Whether the diversity of themes, therichness of thematic implication, or the innovation of novel writing, all make it possible forus to further study HeiYing and his fictions. Although there are many deficiencies inHeiYing’s novels, one flaw cannot obscure the splendor of the jade. In the context thatrewriting the history of literature, it is necessary, I think, to pay attention to neglectedwriters, and to study and evaluate HeiYing.