Research On The Drama Of Chen Quan During The Anti-Japanese War

Ethnic contradiction became the most important contradiction in Chinese society during the period of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japan.Against this background,the nationalism of Chinese literary circle was unprecedented prominent.A large number of outstanding writers who were concerned about the national danger devoted themselves to drama creation.During this period,Chen Quan,the main representative of the "Warring State Strategy School",put forward the proposition of"National Literature Movement" and successively created plays such as Wild Rose,Blue Butterfly and Golden Ring,which received strong response after being performed and even triggered a series of debates on "Nationalist Literature".The unique aesthetic character and artistic style of Chen Quan’s drama also made him one of the writers who can not be ignored in the study of drama during the Anti-Japanese War.The research and discussion on Chen Quan had started as early as 1940s.From a series of controversies triggered by "Wild Roses" to the reevaluation of Chen Quan’s plays during the Anti-Japanese War after the founding of the People’s Republic of China,the academic world gradually got rid of ideological bias and gradually embarked on a more objective and rational path.This paper takes Chen Quan’s drama creation and theoretical works during the Anti-Japanese War as the research object,aiming at clarifying the formation of Chen Quan’s nationalist literary thought,studying the ideological origin,artistic characteristics and tragedy of Chen Quan’s drama creation in this period,and discussing the historical evaluation of Chen Quan’s drama creation during the Anti-Japanese War.The full text is divided into six parts,the first part is the introduction,the second to the fifth part is the text,the sixth part is the conclusion.The first section of the introduction introduces the significance of the topic and the main content of the research.The second section is the general situation of the "Warring States Strategy School" and Chen Quan’s creation.The third section is the research summary of Chen Quan’s drama creation during the Anti-Japanese War.The introduction briefly summarizes the general situation and research situation of Chen Quan and the "Warring State Strategy School",and makes clear the content and structure of the text.The text is divided into four chapters.The first chapter sorts out Chen Quan’s theoretical works,studies Chen Quan’s acceptance of German philosophy and the formation process of his nationalist literary thought,connotation and creation proposition,and re-examines the debate between the left-wing camp and the "Warring States Strategy School".On this basis,it analyzes Chen Quan’s main creative thoughts,such as the will to power,hero worshipping,idealism and romanticism,which take"power worshipping" as the aesthetic core.The second chapter makes a close reading of Chen Quan’s drama works during the Anti-Japanese War,and combines his drama creation with the proposition of nationalist literature and the aesthetic thought of "power worship" to explore the concrete embodiment of the above creative thoughts and tragic spirit in the works.The analysis is carried out from two aspects:first,the conflict between national righteousness and individual love;Second,the character image and idealistic tragic spirit of "power worship".The third chapter starts from the structural characteristics of Chen Quan’s drama creation during the Anti-Japanese War,and focuses on analyzing two characteristics:first,suspense setting and the interlocking plots;Second,the image setting and story nesting.Analyze the characteristics of tense plot and compact structure in the two kinds of structural drama.The fourth chapter takes the historical evaluation of Chen Quan’s drama creation during the Anti-Japanese War as the main content.This chapter introduced the development of the kuomintang nationalist literary movement in 1930s,review the contradiction and controversy between left and right sides wings in 1930s and the "Wild Rose" controversy under the tense political air in 1940s.Besides,this chapter also reflect on the left-wing’s criticism of Chen Quan in 1940s as a whole.From the angle of history and artistic theory of drama creation,this chapter compares Chen Quan’s drama creation during the Anti-Japanese War with that of Zhang Daofan and Wang Pingling,so as to give an objective and fair historical evaluation of Chen Quan and his drama creation.The conclusion part summarizes the value and shortcomings of Chen Quan’s drama creation during the Anti-Japanese War and reflects on the relationship between literature and politics.