The Hangzhou Conference:A Turning Point For The Development Of Root-seeking Literature

In numerous literary trends of the new period,"Root-seeking literature" was the first one to shake established literature model in the 20th century by strong challenge and modernity impulse with a kind of pioneer attitude and was searching for new possibilities for Chinese novel creation.Therefore,it occupied an important status in the history of literature.In the process of the generation and development of"Root-seeking literature",there is an indispensable link,namely the convening of the Hangzhou conference.Since the 1980s,the study of"Root-seeking literature",which covered a wide range of aspects and produced fruitful achievements,had never been interrupted in academic circles,but the Hangzhou conference was never placed in a key position.Based on it,this paper attempts to discover the causes and effects of"Root-seeking literature" by a whole insight and in the historical process,to explore the subtle logic connection between "Root-seeking literature"and "The Hangzhou conference" through dynamic investigation.The thesis is divided into four parts:The introduction mainly introduces the research significance of the paper,sorts out the latest research of "The Hangzhou conference" and"Root-seeking literature" and expounds the basic ideas of this study.The first chapter is to go back to the historical field of the new period and view the cultural context of the Hangzhou conference.At the new period,the literary circles continuously explored in the multi-cultural environment and constantly encountered new problems under the circumstance of the revival of the "enlightenment discourse" and the shock from western modernism literature.In the worldwide literature comparison,the strong desire of transcendence and innovation makes the young generation eager to try and thus they became the main force to convene the Hangzhou conference.The second chapter elaborates the role of the Hangzhou conference on the development of "Root-seeking literature".The convening of the Hangzhou conference has reviewed and predicted the literature of the new period,which covered almost all the new situations that have been encountered since the development of literature in the new period.After the meeting,a diversified "root" concept centered on "cultural"consciousness was activated.The third chapter elaborates the effect of the Hangzhou conference on the development of "Root-seeking literature".The activation of the concept of the Hangzhou conference had made the "Root-seeking literature" enter into a stage of conscious development under the guidance of theory.The "Root-seeking" group kept expand and the practice of literary creation accelerated its prosperity.At the same time,the Hangzhou meeting deepened the communication between the young writers and the critics,formed the harmonious situation of creation and comment and promoted the development of the root literature practice.