| In the early Eighties, China is in an important period of social transformation. During the period, regardless of political, economic, cultural, and moral thoughts, they are all at large of active release. In the wave of the era, " Shanxi writers " are very outstanding, they break the silence of the literary world, triggered a fierce debate about "Shanxi writers ". Since the New Period (early Eighties), Shanxi writers’affection for writing the long epic novel is especially remarkable. Shanxi writers have always been to "cultural enlightenment persons", they put down the past self-confidence, reviewing the history and reality, and under the presupposition of cultural thinking, they create new epic works are different from the past and corresponding with the contemporary humanistic spirit. This article attempts to take Shanxi writers epic works in the New Period to explore core, discuss the writer’s epic consciousness, parsing the character, deepen development and limitation of writer’s epic works.The full text is divided into five parts, beside introduction and conclusion part, the text is divided into three chapters. The introduction part mainly expounds the research present situation and the selected topic reasons.The first chapter mainly define the "epic" and inductive the "epic" develop trajectory, confirm the aesthetic significance of epic works; to explore how the epic tradition take root in Shanxi literature, reveal the history relations of Shanxi literature and epic literature; From "Maodun tradition" and writers’cultural awareness of awakening, To discuss the reason of Shanxi writers choose to write epic works in the New Period, expatiating their epic mood and consciousness.The second chapter mainly discusses the cultural connotation of epic works of Shanxi writers. Through the three aspects of distinctive theme under the perspective of folk culture, full of chivalry and "negative hero" and "face" cultural psychology derived from "agriculture and reading" cultural, explaining Shanxi writers’ epic pursuit and character of Shaanxi writers in the New Period, distinguishing the different Characteristics between the "Seventeen years epic literature " and Shanxi writers’ literature ideology and aesthetic perspective in the New Period. Meanwhile, from the two aspects of inheriting good and beautiful national spirit and expanding epic work form, further discussing Shanxi writers’breakthrough and innovation from traditional epic form in the New Period.The third chapter mainly from the aspects of Shanxi writer’s epic history concept, epic technique and limitations in the New Period, to analysis and thinking the success or failure of epic works in-depth. First of all, from two aspects of the awakening of independent personality consciousness be released from official ideology and the modest reflection consciousness about history of Shanxi writers, to recognize the attitude of Shanxi writers of respecting and promoting the real human nature, and the attitude of reflecting the authenticity and objectivity about history. In the second, from the polysemy and rhetorical symbolism and the magic technique of mysteries and poetic aesthetic effects, discussing the rich and diverse techniques about epic works of Shanxi writers in the new period. In the last, from the two aspects of the conceptualization of the characters under the premise of cultural thinking and the restrictive hometown mood under the mission of culture, thinking the drawback in epic works of Shanxi writers in the New Period.Epilogue part sum up the full text. |