Research On Travel Writing Of The Exotic Notes In The 1980s

The 1980 s was a fruitful and prosperous period for the contemporary Chinese literary world.Various literary thoughts have sprung up one after another,and they have made great achievements in the annals of history,from poetry to novels,from prose to drama.With unprecedented innovation and development,literary creation ushered in a new spring at this time.In the starry literary galaxy of the 1980 s,a group of writers were able to go abroad for exchanges and visits due to various opportunities.They wrote a large number of texts describing their experiences outside the region during their journey or after returning home.These works are called the 1980 s."Extra-territory travel notes".These foreign travel notes are a detailed record of the travel experience of the writers,and they contain rich ideological and cultural significance.They are another important achievement in the development of Chinese foreign travel notes since modern times.They are also important for insight into the cultural mentality of writers and even intellectuals in the 1980 s window.This article will study the writing content,ideological connotation,and artistic characteristics of the travel notes of foreign countries in the 1980 s with the travel writing of the writers as a starting point.In addition to the introduction,it is divided into five parts.The first chapter analyzes the generational context of travel experience writing in foreign travel notes in the 1980 s.First of all,due to historical reasons,the road of communication between China and the West was once interrupted,which caused the Chinese people to have extraterritorial cultural imaginations about the West.After the reform and opening up,the widening of the country has allowed the influx of various foreign cultures,and has also inspired the Chinese people to think about the outside world with strong interest.Secondly,Deng Xiaoping put forward the call of "seeing the world",and "seeing the world" has become a new trend of the times.Some writers who traveled to other places due to various opportunities became the forerunners of this call.They felt the differences or gaps between Chinese and foreign civilizations,and condensed all kinds of thoughts into words to enlighten the people of the country.Finally,since modern China,there has been the creation of foreign travel notes.The centuries-old tradition of foreign travel notes not only provided examples and references for writing styles of foreign travel notes in the 1980 s,but the spirit of worrying about the time and the country deeply influenced the 1980s’ visiting writers.The second chapter focuses on the analysis of the cultural concepts and the themes of travel written in the foreign travel notes in the 1980 s.The colorful and bizarre travel experience outside the region made the writers who visited in the 1980 s feel a lot of emotion.This is embodied in the urban cultural writing,local culture writing,and immigration culture writing in the travel notes.It deeply reflects the writers’ understanding of Chinese and foreign cultures,complex mentality between modern times and tradition.visiting writers have expressed complex and contradictory emotions towards modern cities.On the one hand,they expressed strong rejection of various social problems and phenomena in the urban space,and on the other hand,they greatly admired the convenience and benefits of the people.The experience of rural society makes writers feel the "spiritual oasis" in modern industrial society.The writing of rural experience reflects Chinese writers’ identification with stable traditional civilization and their reflection on turbulent modern civilization.The immigrant cultural writing embodied based on the characterization of characters shows the writers’ confirmation of the centripetal force of Chinese culture and their reflections on Western culture.The third chapter focuses on the study of the heterogeneous cultural space outlined in the travel notes of foreign countries in the 1980 s.The visiting writers have a particularly profound experience of various western cultural spaces,which are mainly reflected in the shaping of entertainment space,daily life space,and consumption space.Regarding the culture in the special space,they showed two diametrically opposed attitudes.They expressed their incomprehension and stare at spaces such as red light districts and casinos that are contrary to Chinese cultural traditions,while expressing their sincere appreciation for spaces such as supermarkets and urban green spaces.The experience of a foreign space has given writers an opportunity to look back at China.The fourth chapter excavates and presents the artistic characteristics of the writing of foreign travel notes in the 1980 s.In the 1980 s,foreign travel notes enriched the aesthetic connotation of foreign travel notes in modern times,and raised the aesthetic height of travel notes literature.First of all,the creative method of fusing poetry into essays and blending poetry and essays makes travel notes have a high sense of picture and interest,and the use of poetic language enhances the charm of travel notes.Secondly,some writers incorporate their own subjective feelings into their descriptions of foreign scenery.They are not just a bystander like the predecessors,but a fusion of the material and the self,and the self-subjectivity is highlighted.To a certain extent,they have achieved the ancient Chinese travel notes."Situation,affair,and integration" in the aesthetic realm.Finally,the writers deliberately cited historical allusions,which broadened the expression space of the travel notes,and at the same time enhanced the cultural sense and interest of the travel notes.The fifth chapter observes the cultural value and spiritual orientation in the writing of foreign travel notes in the 1980 s.The displacement of the physical space can often cause various resonances in the mental space of travelers,leading them to search hard,and there are some clear thinking among them.The writers who visited in the 1980 s always saw the spiritual characteristics of the people of other countries and looked at China from a comparative perspective,which triggered a rediscovery and discussion of the Chinese national character.The recollection of the long-lost war is also a recurring theme in writers’ travel experience writing.They hope to arouse people’s reflection by this,so as to follow the rational spirit and cherish the present peace.In addition,writers have traveled across oceans but are always concerned about the motherland.The experience of foreign countries has made them a clearer understanding of the "China of the world".Based on this understanding,many new thinking about the relationship between China and the world have arisen,and it is related to the reform and opening up and the modern construction of the motherland,showing the broad vision and heart of the writers.