The Mass And The Art Movement Of The Anti-japanese War

"The Mass",founded on December 11,1937,is a publication published by the Communist Party of China in the Kuomintang controlled areas during the Anti Japanese war.Its purpose is to publicize the ten programs of resisting Japan and saving the nation,and the general line of the Chinese Communist Party’s Anti Japanese war."The Mass" is an organ publication of the Communist Party of China.The journal mainly propagated the ideas of the Communist Party of China to the people of the Kuomintang Control Area,reported the efforts of the Communist Party of China to win the War of Resistance against Japan,and debunked the true face of the Kuomintang launched the civil war,and made positive contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.A large number of articles published in the journal reveal the atrocities of Japan’s aggression against China,record the efforts made by the Communist Party of China in resisting the Japanese War of aggression,and provide a large number of text materials for preserving the memory of fighting the Japanese War of aggression.After the publication of The Mass,this magazine organized a large number of experts and scholars to publish articles to publicize the Anti Japanese and national salvation.The literary and artistic works published in it are not only rich in length,but also in various types.They participated in the anti-Japanese cultural movement in various forms such as novels,proses,poems,essays,woodcuts,comics,yangko operas,one-act plays,songs,etc.,which greatly enriched the anti-Japanese literature and art.They have greatly enriched the treasure house of Anti Japanese War literary and artistic achievements and left many precious documents for the study of Anti Japanese War literature and art.On the basis of combing the general situation of The Mass,this paper analyzes the Anti Japanese War literature and art works,and discusses the relationship between The Mass and the Anti Japanese War literature and art movement.The first chapter introduces the general situation of The Mass.During the Anti Japanese War,The Mass was founded under the background of cooperation and struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.Its establishment is inseparable from the leadership and support of the Yangtze River Bureau of the CPC Central Committee."The Mass" was initially prepared in Nanjing,and later published in Wuhan,and then moved to Chongqing,Shanghai and Hong Kong for distribution.In terms of the column setting of the publication,the columns in the early stage of the publication were relatively fixed.Later,with the changes in the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan,its column setting also changed,adding four types of columns: topic,monograph,criticism,and mailbox.This magazine has gathered a large number of excellent newspaper operators,such as pan Zinian,Zhang Hanfu,Xu Dixin,Ge Baoquan,Xu Jinjin,etc.these people have become the main members of the editorial department of The Mass and contributed a lot to the publication and distribution of The Mass.In addition to members of the editorial department,a large number of literary and artistic writers also gathered here,such as Zhou Libo,Ouyang Fanhai,Lao She,Ai Qing,Ding Ling,Bian Zhilin,Liu Baiyu,He Qifang,Zhao Shuli,Zang Kejia,etc.The second chapter analyzes the Anti Japanese literature and art creation of The Mass."The Mass" published a variety of literary and artistic works,not only novels,poems,essays,essays,Yangko opera,one act drama and other literary works,but also some woodcut,comics,songs and other artistic works.This chapter mainly counts the number of literary and artistic works published in "The Mass",organizes a detailed list of the main genres of literary and artistic works,explores the richness of the treasure house of literary and artistic achievements in the battle against the literary works,and briefly analyzes the ideological content and artistic characteristics of these literary and artistic works.The language of these works is straightforward and simple,with a strong Lyric color.They not only truly reflect the cruel and fierce struggle during the Anti Japanese War,but also show the various kinds of cruelty suffered by the broad masses of the people under the Japanese invasion.Moreover,they create around the theme of "Anti Japanese war",closely follow the real life during the Anti Japanese War,and show the tragic war from different angles,He praised the national heroes who resisted tenaciously,showed the national spirit of high spirited and enterprising,and played a practical role in encouraging The Mass to participate in the Anti Japanese war.Chapter Three elaborates the relationship between "The Mass" and the Anti-Japanese Literature and Art Movement.Among the articles on literary and artistic controversy published in "The Mass",the criticism of the "Zhan Guo Ce School" and the discussion of "nationalization" are the most concentrated.By publishing these articles,"The Mass" actively guided the development direction of the anti-Japanese literary movement,struggled with erroneous statements,and made it develop in a positive and healthy manner.Not only that,after Mao Zedong’s "Speech" was published,"The Mass" specially created a "Special Issue on Literary and Art Issues" to conduct intense discussions on current literary and art issues and convey the "Spirit of Speech." In addition,"The Mass" also published some excellent literary and artistic works in the liberated areas,enabling them to be widely disseminated in the Kuomintang Controlled Areas.The investigation of these issues will help us to better study the anti-Japanese literary and artistic movements at that time,deepen our understanding of the anti-Japanese literary and artistic movements,and also help clarify the way in which "The Mass" participated in the anti-Japanese literary and artistic movements.