On Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War Novels In The 1940s

Zhang Henshui,known as the "Master of Popular Literature",has a controversial position in the literary world,but no one can deny his strong sense of national anxiety in the Anti-Japanese War novels.In his Anti-Japanese War novels of the 1940 s,he not only concerned about the people at the bottom with compassion,examined the sufferings of intellectuals in the complex social reality,but also wrote the Chinese people’s struggle for the pursuit of light.He focused on national justice,emphasized self-discipline of morality,and criticized the decline of moral integrity in national crisis.In order to better grasp the ideological connotation and artistic expression of Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War novels as a whole,this paper will discuss from the following three chapters:The first chapter,based on the performance of Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War novels,analyzes the different themes and contents of Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War novels through different subjects.The documentary Anti Japanese War of the National Army focused on the true presentation of the tragedy of the heroic struggle of the National Army.The guerrillas with the masses as the main body pay attention to the awakening of the forces of the people’s Anti Japanese War and reveal the weakness of the people’s national character.The exposure of the social darkness in the rear area indirectly promotes the Anti Japanese War,arouses the people’s understanding of the real darkness and unites the people’s forces to resist the Japanese War,which shows Zhang Henshui’s strong patriotic spirit And national awareness of suffering.The second chapter,we look at the group portraits of Zhang Henshui’s anti-Japanese war novels from the characteristics of Zhang Henshui’s anti-Japanese war novels.There are many characters in Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War novels,and the images of intellectuals,businessmen and women constitute the main body of Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War novels.Intellectuals are adherents to national moral ideals,and the tragic fate cannot be ridden in wartime society.Businessmen shuttle through all social strata,through which they can see through the whole social atmosphere.Women are the embellishment of this troubled world.The weaknesses of most of their personality are magnified infinitely in a degenerate society,and eventually they reach the abyss,and a few of them The beauty in character is especially precious in the fallen society,and it emits a faint light in this troubled world.These characters are placed in the anti-Japanese war as a whole to take care of,and they can more fully grasp the praise of national heroes in Zhang Henshui’s anti-Japanese war novels,and reflection and criticism of national moral culture,human nature and social system.The third chapter,from the overall analysis of the artistic performance of ZhangHenshui’s anti-Japanese war novels.It mainly explains the uniqueness of Zhang Henshui’s anti-Japanese war novels in terms of artistic expression from the aspects of character molding art,plot structure,and language art.In the aspect of character creation,it pays attention to depicting the character in detail,and at the same time,the character creation in Zhang Henshui’s Anti-Japanese War novels tends to be typed.In terms of structure,the plot is more free.In terms of language,it is sharp and satirical,simple and simple,beautiful and elegant,giving full play to its artistic personality.The concluding part summarizes Zhang Henshui’s anti-Japanese war novels from the aspects of anti-Japanese war writing,character image and artistic performance,and points out the shortcomings.