A Study On The Local Imagination In Xu Zechen's Novels

As one of the creative forces that cannot be ignored in Contemporary Literature of China,Xu Zechen has always attracted the attention and favor of academics and readers.In recent years,with the continuous expansion and deepening of writers' creations,a more full and concrete vernacular world has begun to appear in readers' eyes.It has emerged as the childhood hometown of the characters,as the opposition and reference of the city,or as the native Utopia with great values,which has unique practical significance and literary temperament.This kind of writing has become an important way for us to understand Xu Zechen's overall creations and study the vernacular writing style of novelists since the new century.On the basis of the predecessors' research,this article will take Xu Zechen's creations as the research object and discuss the two writing aspects of the writer's local novels in detail,trying to help us get a further understanding of Xu Zechen's local novels.The first chapter mainly discusses Xu Zechen's realistic writings about the modern changes of the countryside.At this time,the native land exists as the geographical(physical)hometown of the character,showing the writer's attitude to localworld which is under the background of urban-rural integration and homogeneity.Facing the disappearance of geography and human landscape,the character's pursuit of urban footsteps,and the difficult situation of traditional cultural heritage,Xu Zechen kept expressing his regrets and wishes in words.The second chapter focuses on Xu Zechen's perspective on the life of modern individuals,and explores the value of local existence as a spiritual hometown.To care and save sentient beings,Xu Zechen help us know ourself,liberate ourself,and forgive ourself by creating meaningful stories.The third chapter summarizes Xu Zechen's personal label of local imagination.Firstly,the exquisite narrative language makes the novel full of picture sense and sentiment.Secondly,the awkward and special nostalgia makes the writer form a kind of distance writing style.Such a distance is a limitation as well as an opportunity for writer's creation.Finally,take Xu Zechen as a representative,discuss the new changes in the current local writing and the possible reasons and significance behind them.Let the locality no longer be limited to the geographical concept which is opposite to the "city",but have a vision that can transcend reality.This way to understand locality may become a literary choice for more writers in the future.The concluding partproposes that the "idealism" that oversees Xu Zechen's novels gives the rural world the spiritual power to penetrate reality and illuminate the gloom,and expresses new expectations for writers' works in the future.