Integration And Transformation Of "Lu Xun’s Literary Criticism" In The Liberated Areas

Before the Yan’an Forum on literature and art, literary criticism in the liberated areas which regarded Yan’an as the center present prosperity, political leaders integrated "Lu Xun’s literary criticism" into the literary and art policies and political discourse. Keywords such as "national soul" which appeared frequently in the memorial of Lu Xun, could be seen as the results of the integration of "Lu Xun’s literary criticism". Cultural people in Yan’an inherited the critical spirits of "Lu Xun’s literary criticism" thought in the essay creation flow in1942. After the Yan’an Forum on literature and art, the transformation on "Lu Xun’s literary criticism" was divorced from the meaning in its original context of times, totally served political leader’s political utilitarian purpose. The construction and strengthen of Lu Xun’s proletariat literary criticism position provided the beginning and support for the transformation of the literary and art policies of the Communist Party of China. Lu Xun’s essay writting was qualified and transformed in Mao Zedong’s "speech", so the evolution from prosperity to decline which experienced by essay writing in the liberated areas was actually a kind of inevitable result that disciplined by authoritative discourse narration. Proposed by Mao Zedong in the "speech" the criticism discourse about the literature and art were subordinating to politics which was under the direction of "art services to the workers" was a kind of powerful political discourse which had strong ideological property. During the construction of rectification discourse and criticism on Wang Shiwei,"Lu Xun’s literary criticism" was incorporated into the transformation system which was in conformity with the ideological discourse. The transformation of the works critical practice level was reflected on the convertion of criticism mode and works theme. Mao Zedong had a complex psychological state which was between weaken and use about "Lu Xun’s literary criticism". Passively into the liberated areas and gradually disciplined by ideology after Mao Zedong’s "speech", the expression and interpretation about "Lu Xun’s literary criticism" had been awayed from its natural concept and connotation of the literary criticism system increasingly. Mao Zedong’s theory about Lu Xun put "Lu Xun’s literary criticism" into the category of being Marxist discourse objectively achieved the goals that established the model of practicing Marxism in China as well as established his discourse authority. Under the strong ideological discipline,"the literary criticism in the liberated areas" not only provided effective purge specification for arts, but also provided legitimate spiritual resources to continue normative values for the "17years" literature criticism.