On Shen Congwen’s Literary Self-discipline View

In the history of modern Chinese literature,Shen Congwen has become a non-negligible existence in modern literary research because of his legendary life experience,unique language style and unique literary thought.In Shen Congwen’s literary creation and research,the pursuit of literary independence and freedom is an inner thread of his spiritual world.As a member of the Beijing School of writers,although he also believe in literary self-discipline,he differs from other internal members: Shen Congwen,who claims to be a "countryman," has neither Western political democratic ideas nor Western aesthetics.The intuition and sensitivity of the artist,under a special social background,has deeply thought about life and art.Instinctively evade utilitarian factors such as business and politics,and think that their excessive intrusion makes literature "loss of spiritual sense of value." Furthermore,it emphasizes the independent literary ideal,hoping to resist the undesirable and unfree social reality through ideal creation and creative freedom.Based on the historical context of the development of modern literature,this thesis examines Shen Congwen’s life experience,and examines the profound influence of the background of the time,life experience,and personality on the formation of literary self-discipline.On the basis of Shen Congwen’s literary though,Starting from the three levels of aesthetic interes,creative dimension and formal elements,explore the theoretical characteristics of Shen Congwen’s literary self-discipline,explore the value orientation and cultural meaning behind his literary concept,and thus explore the unique value of Shen Congwen’s literary self-discipline Affirm its unique contribution to the development of modern Chinese literary theory.The core of Shen Congwen’s literary thought is: advocating literary ontology and promoting literary self-sufficiency.Xiangxi’s childhood experience laid the foundation for the formation of Shen Congwen’s thoughts of freedom and beauty.After engaging in literary creation,he fully absorbed the essence of the May 4th New Cultural Movement,adhered to the independent character of literature,clearly combated the unhealthy tendencies of the literary world,and explored literature in many aspects from a unique aesthetic perspective.In the essential nature of literature,it emphasizes the autonomy and independence of the literary subject and opposes the commodity and political nature;on the literary aesthetic creation,it advocates freedom of imagination,freedom of emotion,and writer ’s personalized expression,emphasizes the original style,and opposes The traditional literary view of Tao;in the form of literary expression,it adheres to the symmetrical and harmonious literary aesthetic principles.Regularly explore the basic literary elements of form,language,and skills to further explain and protect the self-discipline character of literature and art.Shen Congwen insists on a super-utilitarian,self-expressing,idealistic literary position,emphasizing the truth of literature and art and the freedom of writers’ thoughts,attaching importance to emotional experience and expression and artistic creativity,and injecting new connotation into the development of literature.The discussion of art forms and techniques and the emphasis on the aesthetic law of art ontology also make up for some of the weak links in the formation of modern literary concepts and aesthetic consciousness.