On The Evolution Of He Dun's Novel

As a writer of the late generation,He Dun was famous in the 1990 s and had a rich creative achievements.Throughout his novels,he has shown a track of constant evolution in terms of subjcet-matter,ideological theme and narrative strategy,including the evolution from urban novels to Zhi Qing novels,antiwar novels in subject matter,as well as the internal evolution of anti-Japanese literature.In the 1990 s,He Dun mainly focused on the exploration of urban literature and the Zhi Qing literature.With a humanistic attitude,he looked at the living situation of different social stages and every individual life that exists here,and made a profound analysis of practical problems,permeated with deep compassion and rational color.The market economy broke out in China in 1990 s,and the ensuing urbanization made the economy of cities and towns develop steadily,but at the same time,many social and ecological problems were exposed.It is from life itself,through the attention and expression of the material desire of urbanites and the survival hope of urbanites in the process of urbanization,He reveals the theme of death caused by desire and the theme of urban reflection about nature,and finally establishes his own folk narrative stance.In addition to social and ecological problems,the hedonism brought by commercialization in the 1990 s also caused the academic circle to think about the inheritance relationship between modern thought and traditional culture.Therefore,the Zhi Qing literature was applied to save the awkward situation of pure literature with a nostalgic attitude.He Dun’s Zhi Qing literature was in addition to the urban literature,and from the perspective of the educated youth returning to the city,He expressed the memories and nostalgia of the educated youth years.Finally,the author considers the fate of the educated youth and their offspring from the perspective of human spirit and culture.At this point,he completed the first change in his creation,and the most can reflect his creativity is the Anti-Japanese War literature in the next century.Under the influence of western war novels,contemporary Chinese literature in the 21 st century has slowly begun a new road of exploration.Under such a background,He Dun’s literary vision has become broader and his creative dynamics have also been tilted.By extraction and representation of the mental state of Antiwar veterans in his childhood memories and combining with his own understanding of the war,he created the "Anti-War Literature Trilogy".It also realizes the transmutation of the text in structure,theme and characters.The publication of Antiwar literature was his second breakthrough in subject matter of urban literature and Zhi Qing literature in the 1990 s.The change of subject matter will inevitably lead to the change of the theme of the novel.Moreover,in the precipitation of time,his creation mentality and creation concept also changed,which became one of the roots of his narrative skills gradually improved.The evolution of He Dun’s novels is a concrete presentation of the phenomena,events and problems existing in the evolution of The Times,as well as the externalization of the writer’s own thoughts,mentality,aesthetic taste and values.Through the study of the evolution of his novels,we can clarify the social situation and literary direction of different social stages,and make clear his position in Hunan academic circle and even the contemporary literary circle in the exploration of the realistic significance of his novels.