Zhang Ailing’s essays escapes the mainstream of social discourse,showing a strong interest in secular life,bringing a fresh air to the history of modern literature.Her essays is a complete demonstration of Zhang Ailing’s thinking on the state of existence and emotions of a modern citizen and a working woman who have become self-reliant.They include what they see,what they smell,what they feel and what they perceive,and what they say about secular literature,art,history,heroes and saints view,their own citizenship positioning and so on.Zhang Ailing’s writing of the secular world is not a matter of gossip.It is not a reprint of the real life.For her,the sense of desolation,the sense of emptiness in life,the feeling of compassion and the self-examination consciousness of women are based on the secular and transcendental implication Connotation.In addition,the linguistic popularity and figurativeness(including the use of color language,metaphor,humor,and dialect)in Zhang Ailing’s prose have certain enlightenment on contemporary prose creation.This article consists of introduction,the text of the three chapters and conclusion,a total of five parts.Introduction: The main research background(mainly academic circles for Zhang Ailing essays and secular writing review)and the content of this article,innovations and research methods.The first chapter begins with Zhang Ailing’s life.With the help of Wang Anyi and Jia Pingwa’s essay on Zhang Ailing and the family environment in which she lived,the thesis discusses the secular writing in Zhang Ailing’s prose in two aspects.Is her own civic orientation and love and fulfillment of secular life,including her love of money,her pursuit of fame,her writing for a living,her pursuit of stability and her marriage,etc.On the other hand,The secular view of historical literature and art mainly includes the secular love for literature and art,the secular view of history,heroes and saints.The second chapter,from the Zhang Ailing’s secular life is not completely indubitably,but with his own rational thinking as the starting point,focusing on the analysis of the secular transcendence of his prose,including the sense of life bleak,sense of emptiness in life,compassion and feelings for women’s sense of self-examination.It focuses on the compassion and feelings behind the secular writing in Zhang Ailing’s essay.From the perspective of writing,the essence of life is the pursuit of stability,the analysis of the human nature in war(including selfishness,incompleteness,fear of death),love,affection,women’s living conditions in these areas in-depth and detailed analysis.The third chapter mainly analyzes the artistic features of the secular writing in Zhang Ailing’s essays,including material selection and linguistic aspects.The selection of material is closely related to the secular life.The linguistic popularity and figurativeness(the use of metaphor,color language,humor and dialect)are the artistic characteristics of the secular writing in Zhang Ailing’s essays.The conclusion focuses on a brief summary of the research,but also look forward to the academic community for the study of Zhang Ailing’s essays can be improved. |