Disillusionment-utopia, Anti-utopia, Heterotopias

Utopia is a timeless and universal vitality topic in the western intellectual and literary history. Since 1516<Utopia> came to the world which written by the British writer Thomas More, Utopian literature as a literary phenomenon became a rare uninterrupted tradition over the last few hundred years. Particularly, after the 20th century, Utopian literature has occurred significant difference, anti-utopia, Heterotopia, E-topia and others appeared, they all interpret Utopia from different angles. The wave of criticism for Utopian literature also became an argument topic. Compared to the Western Utopian literary with clearly and variety content developing, the Chinese Utopian literature development intermittently and monotonously. After the new century, Chinese Utopian literature appears diverse and variety creation. From manifestations Utopian literature to analyze, most literature classified into three categories:review the history of Disillusionment-utopia, the future dimension of anti-utopia, the offbeat Heterotopias. This article attempts to depart from new century literature, discuss the relationship between the three kinds of Utopian literature and the real society, in aim to highlight its aesthetic characteristics and realistic critical spirit in the contemporary social culture. Specially, choose Fei Z Geand Lianke Yan’s Disillusionment-Utopia novels, Guanzhong Chen and other writers’anti-utopia novels, Cixin Liu and Song Han’s heterotopias novels as the representative.This article includes five parts. The introduction outlines the development of Utopian literature and three types of Chinese Utopian literatures in the new century.The first chapter main content is the Disillusionment-Utopia, based on the reality then review the history. Discussing the relationship between Disillusionment-Utopia and traditional Utopian. Through Disillusionment-Utopian representative writer Fei Ge, Lianke Yan’s works, to explore new century Chinese Utopia disillusion causes and significance. Describe the Disillusionment-Utopia literature works has "the anti-Utopian narrative" of paradoxical Chinese characteristics.The second chapter reflection on the reality of Anti-Utopia as the main content, analysis the relationship between Utopia and Anti-Utopia as well as the themes and characteristics of Anti-Utopia fictions. It focuses on the Chinese Anti-Utopia fictions imitated by the western Anti-Utopia fictions narrative pattern and artistic features, as well as the Chinese Anti-Utopia fictions developing. It reveals Chinese Anti-Utopia novel have a deep concern about the performance of Chinese society and ideological connotation of back to reality.The third part with Heterotopias which transcend the human living space as the main content, elaborate new cultural phenomenon Heterotopias. Analysis of the relationship between the Heterotopia theory and Utopia, also points out that this kind of novels creation is the same as dystopia novels, combine with science fiction become inevitable. Furthermore, this part represents the excavation of human nature, it means that a new possibility for the future survival of mankind.The fourth part discusses imagination and irony. These two artistic techniques application in the utopian novels and the significance of application.