Illusion,Reality And Real

Every creative concept has its own logic,and Liu Cixin is no exception.However,Liu Cixin’s creative ideas are contradictory: on the one hand,Liu Cixin emphasizes that the soul of science fiction is science,“the beauty of science” and “the beauty of technology”,which constitute the aesthetic basis of science fiction.He even thinks that science fiction only describes his imagination and creates a science fiction image,rather than the people concerned by mainstream literature;on the other hand,Liu Cixin can’t get rid of the pull of reality “gravity”,and he strongly agrees with the idea that “science fiction is the only real literature”.He thinks that seeing reality from the imagination of science fiction can make us get more real and profound understanding about reality.This contradiction not only reveals the internal tension of ideas,but also forms the tension between “science fiction” and “reality” at the writing level.While providing Liu Cixin with deep writing power,it also forms a unique textual symptom at the surface:using the causality in the formation of space-time view of the universe,hard scientific and technological elements and the image of multi-ethnic in Constant Star civilization,and constantly constructing the connection points of “reality-science fiction” or “science fiction-reality”.Readers follow these connection points to form a new understanding of the universe,civilization,human history and social reality,and try to think about the direction of the development of human civilization as a whole.In different stages of Liu Cixin’s creation,although the tension relationship is constantly changing,showing different forms,one thing is the same: “science fiction” brings the power from the future,to some extent,it goes beyond the rules and strategies of mainstream literature’s reality writing,breaks the illusion of “reality” provided by it,and uncovers the living picture of the individual and even the reality of the whole human beings.The first chapter discusses Liu Cixin’s science fiction writing from reality.From the three aspects of the ambiguity of living reality,the speculative nature of political philosophy,and the extension of ethics and morality,Liu Cixin draws on the experience of realism creation.On the reality illusion formed by the imagination and speech of various desires,by entering into the science fiction narration,Liu Cixin forms the “reality-science fiction” connection points through the transformation from reality to science fiction,leads readers into their own science fiction world.Then,readers can think about the illusion of“reality” and perceive the reality behind it.The second chapter discusses Liu Cixin’s science fiction writing based on reality.Liu Cixin gets rid of the illusion of reality provided by mainstream literature,grasps the relationship between science,technology and reality with probable narration,and writes a seemingly simple and ethereal science fiction.However,in these fantasy texts,there are many ways from science fiction to reality,forming the “science fiction-reality”connection points.It can be divided into two types: the one is the encounter between human and aliens that are the dinosaurs of pre human civilization,or the aliens who have not yet entered the realistic horizon.In this kind of text,while human gaze at the aliens,the aliens also gaze at human.The narrative perspective of each other motivates readers to think about the essence and reality of human existence and the details that human“ideal self” should have;the second is to introduce unknown technology,discard existing technology,and use science and technology to make human society show different existence and form different forms of Utopian Narration.In essence,these illusions are Liu Cixin’s imagination of “self ideal”,trying to induce the readers to immerse themselves in these illusions.Under the mutual mapping of multiple new world illusions,while reflecting on the anthropocentrism,we should recognize the inevitable future attribute of “reality”,and make the initial planning in this dimension.The third chapter discusses the double powers behind Liu Cixin’s science fiction realism.The power of any literary creation comes from real life.Liu Cixin’s realistic powers of science fiction realism mainly come from two aspects:first,the sense of mission of Chinese science fiction writers.Since the new century,how to tell the“Chinese story” has become a common concern in the literary world,which is not only the mission of mainstream literature,but also the problem that needs to be considered in Chinese science fiction.The Chinese science fiction is bound to be closely related to the reality of China.Liu Cixin,bases on these mission and requirement,and finds its own characteristics for the Chinese science fiction through the writing practice of science fiction realism and wins its due position in science fiction writing in the world.Second,the pursuit of the timeliness of science fiction.Both science and reality are developing and changing,which requires science fiction writers to keep pace with the developments of the times.An undeniable fact is that timeliness can make Liu Cixin’s earlier works gradually lose “the magic” of science fiction,but timeliness can also make Liu Cixin follow the traditional “realism” artistic spirit,track and pay attention to the developments of reality,reflect and criticize the problems in reality.With the promotion of timeliness,Liu Cixin is curious about all kinds of desires behind the reality,and through his continuous efforts,creates more science fictions,so that all kinds of desires can be highlighted and shaped in the imagination and virtual reality.