| As a writer with unique style in the history of Chinese contemporary literature,the literary creation of A Cheng mainly happened the two stages of the 1980 s and 1990 s.In the1980 s,A Cheng has attracted a lot of attention by his "three Kings" series of works,then became one of the representative writers of "Root-searching literature".But it was not long before A Cheng faded from the literary scene.He didn’t have a new work until the 1990 s,when he published some new works that focusing on the preservation of the secular life and the private space.In this paper,we will start from the different focus of A Cheng’s works in the two periods,combining his own life experience,to explore the reason of transition from "culture" to "secular" in A Cheng’s cultural ideas,and the connection between the two.The conclusion is that whether it is "cultural" or "secular",one consistent clue is pursuit of personal freedom of expression in A Cheng’s thought and his individual consciousness.The first chapter mainly analyzes the "three Kings" novels which are classified as "root-seeking" literary works.One cultural JiangHu is created in these novels,in which the protagonists who are active are the "hermit" with the indifferent skills and fame,meantime then are connected with the modern spirit of freedom.Behind the cultural consciousness,A Cheng’s works in this period also reflects the "father-seeking" mentality of the "fatherless" generation.Culturally,A Cheng found the traditional spiritual values that he agreed to in the bottom and marginalized groups.About personal image,the result of "search" is a kind of ideal personality: The father is talented,humane,with the independent character of modern people,mentally strong and independent.The second chapter discusses the literary creation of A Cheng in the 1990 s.In the 1990 s,A Cheng emphasized the word "secular",on which he mainly focused on the natural living conditions and relaxed living space of the civilian.The emergence of the secular view of A Cheng is related to his own political status.It also derives from his appreciation of the secular tradition--the all-embracing of secular life and it’s help on the inheritance of culture.At the same time his secular view is a kind of cultural resistance-to deconstruct orthodox seriouspolitical power with the mediocrity in "secular" life,with the hope of getting rid of the strict restrictions imposed on the individual by political power,so that people have more personal choice.The third chapter focuses on the difference and correlation between A Cheng’s literary creation in the two periods.From the 1980 s to the 1990 s,A Cheng has shifted his concerns from traditional culture to secular.During the root-seeking period,A Cheng put forward the proposition of culture,tried to find the lost traditional culture in the marginalized groups.As the craze receded,A Cheng rethought of "root-seeking literature",saying that it did not increase the composition of knowledge and culture,but went back to the old way of criticizing the nation’s wickedness.He turned to explore the cultural value of secular and folk,believed that the secular folk preserve the true state of traditional culture and the truth of human nature.Conclusion part sums up the whole text,get the conclusion that though it seemed contradictory when A Cheng’s cultural opinion shifts from the pursuit of traditional mainstream culture(Chinese culture),to the secular life,there is not conflict: Only in the free space of the secular life,the culture develops diversely,then traditional culture can be preserved well.Such a transformation is reflecting the maturity of A Cheng’s cultural view. |
