Research On Wen Yajun’s Short Stories

Wen Yajun is one of the representatives of contemporary Shaanxi literature.His literary achievements are mainly reflected in his short stories,full of perseverance and strength.In the creation of short stories,Wen Yajun has his own unique creative concept and perseverance.From the publication of his short novel "The Death of the Army Camel" in 1989 to today,although his short story exploration has twists and turns,it has achieved certain results overall,not only won the "Lu Xun Literature Award",but also repeatedly Ranking of Chinese novels.The content of his short stories involves military camps,plateaus,villages and cities.It writes the ordinary mindset that ordinary people hold on life,and reproduces the warmth and sincerity in the traditional sense in the seemingly ordinary concept of daily life.the first chapter mainly studies the theme of Wen Yajun’s short stories.The main themes in Wen Yajun’s short stories are divided into four types: military theme,pastoral theme,rural theme and urban theme.Because of the influence of living and working environment,although Wen Yajun’s novels have a sense of complaining,on the whole,they still give people a warm feeling.The second chapter explores the male and female images in Wen Yajun’s short stories.The male image can be divided into the image of a tough guy and the image of a weak man with physical and mental disabilities,and the female image can be divided into a morally atypical female image and gentle and open-mind female image.None of these characters has a name,nor did Wen Yajun introduce them in detail.This chapter attempts to explore these characters in Wen Yajun’s short stories more thoroughly and in-depth.The third chapter discusses the artistic features of Wen Yajun’s short stories.The artistic characteristics of Wen Yajun’s short stories are mainly discussed from the aspects of language characteristics,narrative perspective and narrative art.Linguistically,Wen Yajun’s novels have a strong tendency to be spoken.His language is easy to understand,close to life,and presents a simple poetic beauty.From the perspective,the third-person narration and the first-person narration are mainly used to realize the objectivity and authenticity of the story.Structurally,Wen Yajun expressed a huge life philosophy with trivial short stories,letting blank spaces and suspense intertwine,ending the narrative at the climax,leaving the reader with room for imagination and thinking.Wen Yajun is a true "short story king".He made a useful exploration of the development of contemporary low-level literature and even realist literature.