A Study Of Post-80s’ Family Writing

A family is not only a part of but also a reflection of society.Interpreting the joys and sorrows of family members with limited space,a family can concentrate an all-round and multi-level social landscape and visually present people’s spirit and value scale in a specific historical environment.Like a mirror,the post-80s writers’family writing can reflect the spiritual qualities of individuals,the moral ethics of families and the changes of the concept of times in the modern society.Meanwhile,viewing the "Post-80s" literature under the perspective of family writing,the author attempts to examine the impact of family quality on the post-80s writers’ creative psychology transcendentally and make a dynamic full evaluation of the writers so as to develop a new perspective for the post-80s literature research.The post-80s family writing mode can be broadly divided into three types.The first is family writing in youth narratives with the characteristics of youth;the second is family writing reverting to the scene of real life with writers’ realistic care implied;and the third is family writing which recalls family history and leads the family to the depth of history.Family ethics,as an important aspect of the post-80s family writing,focuses on emotional growth.In modern society that the post-80s lives,the intergenerational relation moves from confrontation to communication,people’s concept of marriage becomes more free and open,and the brotherhood in the only-child generation is still of great importance.Behind the family ethical narrative,the post-80s,deeply influenced by the modern family ethics culture,rationally adheres to observance and pursuit of the traditional family affection.Besides,the relationship between the formation of "I",the narrative subject,and the family is subtle.In the process of growing up,the doubts like "Who Am I?" "Where did I come from?" and "Where should I go?" can be resolved in the family."I" explored a way to become a complete person,i.e.,from "away from home" to "back home" to "re-start".While experiencing the three stages of identification that "I am myself","I am a member of family",and "I am a social being","I" finally become a complete person with sober understanding of subjective consciousness.The post-80s family writing is imprinted both with social transformation and with the writer’s personal life history.On the one hand,it shows the cultural connotation of the current society mainly in three aspects:one is the spread of individualism that drive people to pursue individual freedom;the second is the desire for family belonging under pressure of living and spiritual pursuit;the third is historical consciousness of young people.On the other hand,putting family writing in the context of literary development can help to hold the trend of the post-80s writers’development and transformation and show affirmation to the post-80s with humanity and social responsibility.However,the thin meaning of family in narrative contents and the immature narrative style must be noticed and more work should be done in this area.