"Anecdotalism" Writing Research On The Novels Of Tusi Theme By Contemporary Xiangxi Writers

Contemporary Tusi novels in Western Hunan mainly focus on Huang Guangyao,Zhang Jinglong and Huang Huachuan.Their texts are "Tusi Kingdom","Tusi King of Western Hunan" and "Zijin Dynasty".Their artistic creation of chieftain theme has distinct realistic orientation.Huang Guangyao's "Kingdom of Chieftain" mainly aims at preserving the ancient cultural memory of Bizka nationality;Zhang Jinglong and Huang Huachuan apply for the project of world material and cultural heritage in cooperation with the site of Laosicheng in Yongshun County,western Hunan Province.Under the grand background of the revival of the Chinese nation and the influence of the New Historicism trend of literary and artistic thoughts,the contemporary Tusi novels in Western Hunan all present relatively consistent creative ideas and methods,namely "anecdotalism".First of all,in the selection of materials,the focus is on various historical relics of the Tusi period in Western Hunan,including various textual anecdotes,unofficial literary classics and various historical traces,so they often look for literary materials in text,folk oral poetry,historical relics and living original artistic forms.In terms of expression,we adopt the "detailed description" mode of cultural anthropology,adopt the narrative mode of misappropriation,reorganization or even patchwork,emphasize the discontinuity of time,pay attention to details as a whole,highlight the spatial latitude of story plot,imagine and associate various anecdotes neglected by mainstream ideology,carry out artistic construction and even artistic fiction,and highlight the geographical space.Rational and spiritual characteristics as well as cultural characteristics.The contemporary creation of Tusi novels in Western Hunan adopts the strategy of anecdotal writing,which is deeply influenced by the trend of New Historicism in literature and art.There are two aspects: one is the problem of historical outlook;the other is the problem of historical expression.New historicism holds that textualized history is a subjective construction of history,so it opposes the absolute objectivity of history and advocates the subjectivity of history;opposes absolute grand history and advocates the rationality of micro-history;questiones the inevitability of history and emphasizes the contingency of history.Under the influence of the new historicism and its expression concept,there are still many problems in the creation of Tusi-themed novel in Western Hunan.The problems mainly focus on two contradictions: the contradiction between the historical rationality of works serving the society and the irrational construction of historical subjectivity in artistic fiction;the contradiction between historical truth and aesthetic creation in text construction.In Huang Huachuan's Tusi novel creation,the problem is particularly prominent.Its fragmentation and patchwork are very obvious.There is no inherent development logic in the characterization of typical characters.In the image depiction,the characters are oftenarbitrarily involved in the development of personality and arbitrarily dominate the fate of the characters,which fundamentally violates the unified requirements of history and logic emphasized by Marx and Engels.The creation of Tusi-themed novels by contemporary writers in Western Hunan is not entirely subject to new historicism.Under the grand historical background of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,they basically adhered to the historical integrity,historical inevitability and historical continuity.Under this historical view,they basically served this great historical mission,borrowed the historical view and artistic creation method of new historicism,served for their artistic creation and highlighted the regional culture of Western Hunan.Publicizing the regional history of Western Hunan and making aesthetic expression basically achieve the unity of historical spirit,aesthetic spirit and humanistic spirit,that is,the unity of truth,goodness and beauty.These are the basic contributions of the contemporary Tusi novels in Western Hunan,which can not be erased.